What a difference a year makes. Last November, when Apple (AAPL) first starting selling the iPhone in China -- the world's largest cell phone market with nearly 800 million subscribers -- analysts termed the launch a "disappointment." The queues of customers were underwhelming, and after four days of sales, China Unicom (CHU) had reportedly managed to sign up only 5,000 subscribers. Contrast that with Saturday's launch of the iPhone 4. More than 50,000 Chinese customers pre-ordered this. (source: tech.fortune.cnn.com)
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