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style="color: black;">Did Apple Take the Slow Boat to China?</a></h1>
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Katherine Noyes<br>
11/02/09 11:20 AM PT</td>
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Apple's launch of the iPhone in China doesn't have the sheen of its
tightly controlled product launches in the U.S. and other parts of the
world. In fact, it seems downright awkward. The company chose to launch
a hobbled version of its hot product instead of waiting a few months to
give consumers the real deal. And Apple made it more expensive than the
fully functional iPhones already available on the gray market. <br>
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