IPhone 5 pre-order race begins (3)

Customer service staff at both carriers told the Global Times Monday that their iPhone 5 prices will likely be similar to prices for the iPhone 4S when it first arrived in the market.

For China Unicom, that figure was at least 5,888 yuan ($945.24), and for China Telecom at least 5,788 yuan.

An iPhone 5 sold without a contract by Apple on the mainland will cost 5,288 yuan and up, the US company said, at least 300 yuan more than the iPhone 4S when it went on sale in January.

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