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Apple Begins IPhone 4S Rollouts In China, 21 New Countries

By TechTaffy Desk

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The iPhone 4S will be available in China and 21 additional countries on Friday, January 13. With this launch, the iPhone 4S will be available in 90 countries, in one of Apple’s fastest product rollouts ever.

Tim Cook (CEO, Apple):  Customer response to our products in China has been off the charts.

IPhone 4S will now be available in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, China, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guam, Guinea Conakry, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos and Uganda.

 

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