iPhone 5 to go on sale in China

BEIJING. December 1. KAZINFORM Apple's iPhone 5 is slated for a December 14 launch in China, one of the company's biggest markets, and the company's iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad will start selling in the country a week earlier on December 7.

Apple's iPhone has been one of the most popular smartphones among consumers in China, creating long lines outside of company stores in Beijing and Shanghai on the first day of sales. But unlike previous iPhone launches where it was first-come first-served, Apple is using a reservation system this time around to sell the device at its company stores in China, Xinhua informed.

Apple said that for now, only the Wi-Fi models of its iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad will go on sale in the country.