Apple Starts Selling iPhone 4 in Mainland China

Apple has started selling its new-generation smartphone, namely the iPhone 4, in Mainland China.

Chinese can now buy the iPhone 4 in Apple Stores located in Beijing and Shanghai and at China's mobile operator Unicom retail stores.

The smartphone is already in shortage in most of stores. Nothing surprising though since more than 500,000 Chinese had pre-ordered the iPhone 4 before its release.

The demand is still very strong but Apple may have learnt from the mistakes of the iPhone 3GS: only 5,000 units were sold during its release latest year.

China's mobile population is estimated at more than 800 million people. The launch of iPhone 4 in China may give a boost to Chinese mobile Internet.

Today, among the 420 million Chinese connected online, 277 million are accessing the Internet through their mobile phone.