Two Chinese telecom carriers – China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd and China Telecom Corp Ltd – announced on Tuesday that they will offer Apple Inc’s latest iPhone 5 handsets in the Chinese mainland starting on Friday.
两家中国电信运营商——中国联通（香港）有限公司和中国电信集团有限公司——周二宣布他们将在周五开始在中国大陆出售苹果公司最新产品iPhone 5。
The release date for China comes almost three months after the iPhone 5′s debut in the United States. China Unicom will offer service contracts for the device starting at 5,899 yuan ($944) and China Telecom will offer it at a contract-plan price starting at 5,288 yuan.
iPhone 5在美国发布近三个月后，才在中国大陆发售。中国联通将为设备提供服务合同，起价为5899元（944美元）；中国电信将使用合同计划的起价5288元。
The iPhone 5′s debut in the Chinese market will be the first time that the two telecom carriers will compete with each other over customers starting from the release of an Apple mobile phone product.
iPhone 5在中国市场的首次露面将是两家电信运营商第一次从苹果手机产品的发布开始，为争夺顾客而相互竞争。