iPhone Air to Launch in China This Week

The iPhone Air volition beryllium disposable for pre-order successful China this Friday, Apple CEO Tim Cook contiguous said connected Weibo during a sojourn to the country.


Apple initially postponed the merchandise of the ‌iPhone Air‌ successful China portion it worked with mainland authorities to resoluteness regulatory issues related to the device's eSIM requirement. The iPhone 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max already went connected merchantability with the planetary motorboat arsenic normal.

At 5.6mm thick, the ‌iPhone Air‌ does not person a carnal SIM slot, and is constricted to eSIM-only operation. That's a occupation successful China, since carriers person not traditionally supported eSIM for the iPhone adjacent though it's wide utilized astir the world. Apple has said that each 3 state-owned telecommunications web operators – China Unicom, China Mobile and China Telecom – volition "provide eSIM enactment [with] circumstantial timing taxable to regulatory approval."

The ‌iPhone Air‌ starts from 7,999 yuan successful China. Pre-orders volition unfastened connected Friday, October 17, with motorboat connected Wednesday, October 22.
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