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Charting the iPhone's Course to China |
Want to buy an iPhone in Beijing? Talk to Liu Yong. Apple's wonder isn't legally available in China, but Liu, who operates an electronics shop in the Zhongguancun neighborhood close to the capital's premier universities, has plenty of inventory and is more than happy to sell you one for about $680. Don't worry that Apple hasn't authorized any Chinese cellular operator to serve the iPhone; the software in Liu's iPhones is hacked to enable you to use the phone locally. Inputting Chinese characters on the iPhone's touch-screen is no problem either, he says.
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