iPhone 4 off to a great start in China

China was scheduled to get the iPhone 4 on 25^th September and that’s what occurred precisely. And if you are Apple, you will be happy to read this – More than 1000 iPhone 4 consumers lined up at the Xidan Joy City Apple Store in Beijing on Saturday to get hold of the FaceTime enabled iPhone.

Here is what a 26 year old system engineer Sun Jian Kuan had to say about the stainless steel iPhone:

It’s like waiting in line to see a movie star. No phone can best the iPhone.

These figures look less significant when you compare with the sales record of the iPhone 4 launch in USA. But here is why Apple is excited - the iPhone 4 launch has attracted more users than last year’s launch of iPhone 4 in China.

While Apple is yet to share the official count of the iPhone 4 units sold on the first day, China Unicom the carrier of the device has provided us the missing information. According to the carriers, they had receieved more than 50,000 pre-orders for the slimmest smartphone on the planet earth. It remains to be seen if the purchase rate remains the same or will it go down? Any guesses.