However, what was hoping to be a successful beginning to the iPhone’s run in China, has now turned into a huge disappointment for the folks at Apple.

To date, sales in China for the iPhone have only gotten up to approximatel 100,000 units being sold. The second largest mobile operator, China Unicom, were chosen to carry the phone – a company who have about 140 million users.

South Korea’s main carrier, KT, already has 60, 000 pre-orders for the iPhone, which hasn’t even been launched there. To top it off, KT only has 14 million users compared to China Unicom’s 140 million subscribers.

Those are some really crappy sales in a country that holds about 1.3 billion residents. Hopefully, sales increase in the next few months.

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Don’t mistake this for Nikon’s DSLR! Chinese manufacturer TORQUE has released the D90, a dual SIM / dual Standby mobile phone. It comes with FM Radio, a 1.3MP camera, GPRS, MMS, microSD card, Bluetooth with A2DP support.

For an affordable mobile phone, the D90 is elegant to the touch and light. A small note — when phone manufacturers say that a phone is “dual SIM” enabled, you need to check if it is also dual standby enabled. This simply means that despite being a dual SIM phone, the other SIM is active while the current SIM is processing information. For instance, if you’re in the middle of a call with line A, your secondary line should still be able to receive SMS in the background while you’re talking. A small thing, but that defines the fine line between good and bad dual SIM phones.

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China made TORQUE phones are fast becoming a staple in the Asian market. Not only are they cheap, they’re pretty efficient as well. The D100 is TORQUE’s latest mobile handset that, not surprisingly, retails for less than $100. It’s most highlighted feature is its DUAL SIM network compatibility, thus making this the cheapest dual SIM phone in the market.

I’d really love to know how much dual SIM technology costs. As I was told, the most expensive component thus far for mobile phones is the WiFi chip that extends to about USD $10.00. With the phone retailing for about $70.00, I wonder how much fo that went to the dual SIM technology —- and if it is cheap, why isn’t the adoption of the two SIM phone not as rampant today?

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Yeah you heard it right. Furiousim, the technology that unlocked the first iPhone will work on the iPhone 3G. So you can now have your unlocked iPhone 3G very very soon. But Furiousim needs your help in unlocking the new iPhone 3G. How? Sell them yours for $600.00.

[from our friends at 3GWeek]

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If the Chinese phone manufacturing market boosted their global marketing, they would come up with hit phones such as this one. We’ve seen the fake Nokla phones being scattered throughout Asia so here’s part II of the scenario. Though the label says that it runs on Windows Mobile, well, it doesn’t. But there’s every right to brag about this device which a friend showed me last week.

The phone comes with a built in antenna that receives television broadcast signals. What it basically is – a phone with built in local television. Though the quality isn’t very spectacular, it still is pretty decent to become engaged in your favorite soap opera or football game when you’re commuting.

The portable television concept has been introduced months ago with the advent of DVB-H technology. These phones (mostly Nokia) must run on a subscription plan and cost a little bit on the steep side. This particular China unit doesn’t need any subscription and it costs less than USD $300.00.

The unit comes with Bluetooth and a stylus for a touch screen user interface. Funny, I actually forgot the name of the unit

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