China Telecom to Begin iPhone 5 Pre-Orders at the End of September?

China Telecom will reportedly begin iPhone 5 pre-orders at the end of September, according to Southern Metropolis Daily.

Sources have indicated that the carrier has already announced availability of the device at one of its stores, with official sales beginning in October. The operator, now bigger than Verizon Wireless and the world's biggest CDMA carrier, is predicted to sell more than a million next-generation iPhones by the end of 2011.

TNW notes that carrier plans to boost subsidies and launch a rumoured 1.5 billion yuan ($235 million) campaign to market the iPhone 5.

Earlier this month Deutsche Telekom started taking reservations for the upcoming device.

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