Apple launches iPhone 5 and iPad mini in China

Apple released in China, wi-fi versions of its iPad tablet mini and fourth generation iPad with Retina display, Friday, December 7. The iPhone 5 will be placed on the market a week later, on December 14.

Those terminals will be available in stores on booking the group via its online store and through distributors Apple "authorized". The iPad Mini, which was launched on 2 November, is already available in 42 countries and the iPhone 5, sold since September 21, is in 47 countries.
In recent years, the China launch of new iPhone models has regularly led to stampedes and to the appearance of a black market, as the popularity of the Chinese middle class is great for products that symbolize a status privileged social and therefore envied.