The iPhone 5s is slowly creeping its way onto the world's largest mobile carrier; a holding webpage was revealed for the Apple smartphone's arrival.
Apple's iPhone 5s is more or less confirmed for Chinese mobile carrier China Mobile and its 760 million subscribers. While the iPhone 5s name was not shown on the holding page, the image of the Apple smartphone is visible.
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The holding page also reveals the 4G LTE connectivity that is expected to launch later in December.
According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, via CNET, the deal between Apple and China Mobile could result in 17 million iPhones sold during 2014. The iPhone 5s is expected to roll out with China Mobile starting Dec. 18.
As Latinos Post reported, China Mobile's expected to accept pre-orders of the iPhone 5s starting Dec. 12.
"Customers can begin to preorder for our new 4G services from Dec. 12 through the company's website and some dedicated branches in Shanghai. But we will only start providing commercial 4G services after Dec. 18," said a China Mobile customer services operator, via the Wall Street Journal.
Apple's iPhones have been available in China via other mobile carriers such as China Telecom and China Unicom.
The iPhone 5s features a 4-inch Retina Display with 1,136x640 resolution, 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, 1080p HD video recording camera. The iPhone 5s also sports a larger f/2.2 aperture for the rear-facing camera with the aim of improving low-light photography. The iPhone 5s utilizes the A7 processor chip with 64-bit architecture, which plays a critical role with the Touch ID fingerprint sensor.
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