Iphone Air Orders In China May Be Delayed Due To Esim Issue

Apple's iPhone Air motorboat whitethorn beryllium delayed successful China owed to regulations astir its eSIM-only nature, nan South China Morning Post announced. Apple's mainland China tract now states that "release accusation [will] beryllium updated later," wherever antecedently it said that pre-orders would commencement astatine 8PM connected September 19. The Beijing branch of China Telecom has besides pulled a station from nan RedNote societal media level announcing that it would motorboat its eSIM work this month. All different iPhone models (the iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max) will motorboat arsenic scheduled adjacent Friday.

Due to its slim 5.6 mm thickness, Apple decided to make nan iPhone Air its first exemplary pinch nary beingness SIM paper option. However, it has ever sold iPhones successful China pinch SIM paper support that allows customers to easy nexus their personality to a cellular phone. Because an eSIM is built in, though, customers who want an iPhone Air must appear successful personification astatine a unit store to get it approved. Apple notes that "all different iPhone models, including those purchased extracurricular of China mainland, are incapable to instal an eSIM floor plan from carriers successful China mainland."

China Unicom was expected to support eSIM astatine motorboat to commencement with, according to a cached Apple support document, pinch China Telecom and China Mobile pursuing later. However, nan aforesaid archive now states that eSIM support for nan iPhone Air is still "pending regulatory approval." A typical from China Telecom said that support from nan Ministry of Industry and Information Technology would get "very soon," according to nan SCMP.