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Note: Apple's Maps application on the Chinese iPhone 4 will only show government-approved maps, unlike previous models.
Apple's iPhone 4 has been popular in China for months, despite the fact that it only officially went on sale there on September 25th. Enterprising individuals have been buying unlocked iPhones in the U.S. and shipping them back to China to be resold.
The official availability of the iPhone 4 is likely to limit such gray market sales, but there's still a reason for iPhone customers in China to buy an iPhone 4 from outside of the country: The iPhone 4 sold in China has been outfitted for censorship.
Stefan Geens, editor of geo-blog Ogle Earth, has posted an analysis...