Apple iPad trigger long lines in China

Apple iPad officially landed in China on Friday local time. The presence of these tablets was greeted quite the euphoria, as evidenced by the line at various Apple stores are there in the land of the Bamboo Curtain.

Quoted by Twitteling from Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday (18/9/2010), Apple store in Beijing and Shanghai and the official retail consumers at some flooded areas. Arrival official iPad is likely to demand more than iPad an earlier version of the BM were present.

Just look at the behavior Ziwen Han, one of the consumers who line up at the Apple store in Beijing. He was willing to camp about 60 hours just to ensure getting the queue earliest. He was ambitious to become the first Apple iPad buyers in China.

In Shanghai, more than 200 people packed into the local Apple store to line up iPad. The first buyer listed in the name of Ma Yes that also willing to wait until several hours before stores open.

Apple sells Wi Fi version of the iPad starting price of U.S. $ 593 in China, slightly more expensive than the official price in the United States amounted to U.S. $ 499. But there is no clarity when the 3G version would be presented in China.

Perhaps to prevent out of stock, each consumer is allowed a maximum of only buying two iPad. So what exactly is iPad attraction in China so many consumers willingly standing in line?

According to observations Shaun Rein of China Market Research Group, which is not actually sophistication iPad be a major factor, but rather the social prestige if it has the iPad.

“They buy iPad more for matters of style and fashion. IPad does look cool,” said Rein. So do not be surprised if Apple iPad success in his debut in China.

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