Word from the land of Yao is that Foxconn has begun mass production of a 3G-enabled iPhone 3GS-looking device that lacks WiFi functionality, though it's being suggested that these may actually lack a WiFi module altogether as opposed to the software lock we'd
heard about earlier. The phone (read: iPhone) in question is said to be the same as the one Apple recently sent to the China Telecommunication Technology Labs for testing, which points to the handset making its long-awaited Chinese debut in the near future. Of course,
rumors of this happening have been
surging and
receding for years
now, and even these "undisclosed sources" provide no insight as to which carrier will scoop the prized contract. The great
will they or won't they discussions continue, though if these things
are actually being produced, it means one of two things: the world's most populated nation is about to get its iPhone fix, or the world at large is about to receive
another stash of iPhone KIRFs.
[Via
9to5 Mac]
