The iPad In China

[Seo]

I'm a foreign exchange student studying in China and I'm really looking forward to getting an iPad. I'm extra hopeful it'll be sold here as well since the Chinese Apple site has had an iPad page ever since the iPad was announced, although it wouldn't be too much of a problem since I can just get one from the states (as long as there aren't any serious compatibility problems).

Apple products have worldwide warranty, and there's an Apple store nearby, so I'm not really worrying about it not working. But is there any chance that an iPad bought in China will be more suitable than an American iPad? I'm heading back to the states in a year and a half, so if it's not too big of a disadvantage, I'd be fine with it.

Any news on 3G data consumption in China? China Mobile uses their own homebrew standard, but I don't believe China Unicom supports Micro SIMs. Anyone have more info on that?

And since I have an American iTunes Account, could I buy books from the iBookstore? Would a VPN circumvent the limitation? Are there any legal implications with doing this?

 

[xwai]

CHU don't have micro sim card. but many people here (include myself) intent to go to ZhongGuanCun if you're in beijing, and cut the size of the regular sim card to make it work.
And for the last question, i'm living in beijing and have a itunes u.s. account, i can buy apps and musics without any restriction. So i think, it should work for ibooks as well, seems the only identification is the registration country of your apple-id, not the location of where you logging into the itunes store.

 

[175170]

The MicroSIM really isn't anything, you can just cut a SIM card up.

There should be no issues whatsoever.

 

[Seo]

Whoa, really? I wasn't aware of that, thanks for the pointer! Which deal are you planning on signing up for (3G)?

Cool, that's great. I don't buy books very often anymore, and I hope that the iBookstore will give me much easier access to books (for a cheaper price as well).

Thanks for the help guys!

 

[guycross]

Can you guys in China buy any books/music/videos from iTunes?

 

[xwai]

Can you guys in China buy any books/music/videos from iTunes?

yes, we can, as long as you have a register apple-id with U.S. as your nation. Itunes requires u.s. credit card, which i don't have, but i can choose "none" option, and redeem with an itunes gift card. I've bought some songs, tv serious and apps. i suppose it should be work on ibookstore, too.

 

[stil]

Not just the US store. I have a Canadian credit card and buy apps, music and video from the Canadian iTunes store. When iBooks is available in Canada it will be the same.

My local Apple dealers are definitely expecting the iPad in China soon.

OP, I doubt there will be any difference in the iPad world-wide. So it won't matter if you buy from the US or China except for cost. For the iPhone I feel I was better of by buying a Hong Kong model because it was factory unlocked but this won't matter with the iPad.

 

[TraceyS/FL]

Just an FYI - i don't believe ALL apple product have a worldwide warranty.

Check on that if it impacts where you buy from!

 

[xwai]

Just an FYI - i don't believe ALL apple product have a worldwide warranty.

Check on that if it impacts where you buy from!

definitely, think about the time capsule... the apple store refused to repair it even i'm willing to pay...