iPhone hits Taiwan for holidays

Chauncey Dupree
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November 17, 2008
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According to Digitimes, the iPhone will be in Taiwan for the holidays.

Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), on November 14, announced it has obtained exclusive sales rights for the iPhone 3G in the Taiwan market, with launch tentatively slated for December 2008.

However, CHT did not release any further details about prices and the exact date of launch due to a non-disclosure agreement with Apple.

Gray-market iPhone 3Gs imported privately mainly from New Zealand, Hong Kong and the US have been available for sale in Taiwan for a while, with prices ranging from NT$22,000-24,900 (US$667-755) for an 8GB model and NT$23,680-28,500 for a 16GB one.

When will mainland China and its 1.4 Billion consumers see the iPhone?  It's a bit ironic that the people who make the iPhone aren't able to enjoy its shiny goodness.

Comments (4)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 17, 2008 - 8:23am

"..the iPhone will be in Tiawan (TAIWAN) for the holidays."

Someone didn't use spell-checker.

admin | November 17, 2008 - 8:27am

Editor Job still open, enquire within

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | November 18, 2008 - 12:27am

Wait does taiwan have a "holidays?" Or are we talking a new year type thing?

powers (not verified) | November 18, 2008 - 3:33pm

this is super exciting news!