Not sure if this is old news but haven’t seen it anywhere else so …..

If you check the online store on Apple’s HK web site and you’re looking for the iPhone 4, it says “Currently Unavailable” and there isn’t even an option to pre-order one.

Word around town is that Apple has decided for the time being to only offer the iPhone 4 to mobile carriers 3 and SmarTone and not to sell it direct to customers.   I’m told that SmarTone has a 1 week waiting period on orders, 3 has a 2 week wait.  Of course they both require that you sign a 2 year contract.

Every shop in the Wanchai Computer Centre quoted the same price for iPhones last night.  HK$6,400 for the 16 gig model, HK$7,200 for 32 gigs.  One dealer told me that every shop in the centre is getting their stock from the same importer.  And they all advised my friend (he was the one looking, I’ve had my iPhone 4 since it first came out in HK) to sign a mobile contract and get it at the discount price rather than a premium.  Of course one can only do that if one is a HK resident

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