Sorry China, no iPhone for you yet

A while back I posted about how the a group of surveyed Chinese felt about the iPhone and its price. This post also went over a little bit of the reasons why the iPhone hasn’t legally appeared in China yet. Unfortunately, it doesn’t end there, news about an iPhone in China just keeps getting worse and worse. A recent article from MacNN states that Apple and China Mobile, China’s largest cellular company, have not even begun formal talks over the iPhone yet. According to China Mobile’s chairman, Wang Jianzhou, the main dispute is over business models. Mr. Jianzhou also points out that, “Our door will remain open as long as there is customer demand.”

Apple has had a reputation for getting what it wants when it comes to negotiations about the iPhone, but will Apple have to set its pride aside for this one? Either way, let’s just hope China gets an iPhone to call their own, and soon.