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According to this piece in the Silicon Valley Insider, the iPhone only picked up 5,000 subscribers in its first weekend on sale in China. China Unicom says it’s pleased with the launch of the iPhone however. Reuters reports that the phone should add revenue in the 4^th Quarter for China Unicom (China’s #2 carrier). Of course compared to the rip roaring success that Apple is used to, this was an underwhelming weekend. But consider that the iPhone gets no WiFi in China an can retail for as mcuh as $1,025 unless it is bought with a phone contract, in which it can also be free.

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