Monday, 7 July 2008

Apple's iPhone could find Asia tough to crack (AFP).

A woman holds up an iPhone handset along a street in Hong Kong on July 5. The updated and cheaper version of the iPhone is set to be released in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on July 11, 2008 but in Asia, where ownership of the latest brand is crucial social currency, the sleek original has already become the must-have accoutrement trendsetters.(AFP/Andrew Ross)AFP - The iPhone 3G, which Apple is billing as twice as fast and half as expensive as the debut model, will roll out in cities from Tokyo to Sydney on Friday -- but it could face challenges in Asia it will not have elsewhere.


[Yahoo! News: Apple/Macintosh News]
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