So after years of rumours and anticipation, China Unicom has finally launched the iPhone here. Unfortunately, nobody really cares because:

- It’s two years too late.
- Everybody who wanted one already purchased a US or Hong Kong model.
- The China Unicom version has its wi-fi functionally ripped out (at the hardware level), effectively neutering it.
- China Unicom is trying to go the AT&T route by selling it with 2 year contracts.
- Despite selling a crippled version, they are still charging MORE for it: RMB 5,880 for the 16GB iPhone and RMB 6,999 for the 32GB model
- The above image is an example of the type of pathetic advertising China Unicom has been using to advertise it. Why bother using color or flashy images – everybody already knows what an iPhone looks like!

Almost makes you think that they have no intention of seeing it succeed here officially…