Smugglers return iPhones to China

The world's hottest consumer product is defying Apple's attempt to slowly introduce it in new markets.
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[inachu]

still not sure if I should bring my cell to china.

When I landed in Beijing I saw everyone hiding their cellphone as if they did a bad thing.<br /><br />It looked scary and silly at the same time.

[Mergatroid Mania]

Imagine

If people want this phone so bad let them have it.<br /><br />I can't believe this business model is so lucrative. A lot of companies make deals with carriers to exclusively carry their phones. Wouldn't they make as much letting all the carriers sell it to their customers? If you have four carriers, and make a deal with only one, aren't you cutting your market by 75%?<br />Does it make sense to tell 75% of potential customers to go "take a leap"?<br />It's gotten to the point where you can't even decide what to buy for yourself any more. Don't let car manufacturers hear about this or soon your car purchase will determine where you have to buy your gas.<br />Can companies get any greedier? What happened to gluttony being a sin?