{"id":197,"date":"2007-06-07T13:34:20","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T11:34:20","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2012-11-14T18:07:35","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T16:07:35","slug":"local-consumers-will-have-to-wait-for-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/197-local-consumers-will-have-to-wait-for-iphone.html","title":{"rendered":"Local consumers will have to wait for iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">MTN pointed out that currently the only operator that will offer the iPhone is AT&amp;T in the United States. \u201cDistribution outside the USA has not yet been finalised by Apple, including the channels to be used,\u201d MTN said. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u201cAs such, MTN has not had the opportunity to test the device. However, MTN is in discussion with Apple to evaluate the opportunities for MTN.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Cell C confirmed MTN\u2019s feedback, saying that Europe and Africa will receive the devices only towards the end of the year.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u201cCurrently, there hasn\u2019t been any word from the Apple distributors regarding the handset. Our Ranging Team is working hard and doing its best to ensure that Cell C procures these devices on time,\u201d said Cell C.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Virgin Mobile also said that they are still waiting for an iPhone for testing purposes, but pointed out that it \u201cwill garner interest simply because it exists and, as such, has great potential to move music phones into the mainstream.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=77447\">Comments<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media reports have suggested that the Apple iPhone will hit the shelves in late June, but local consumers will have to wait a bit longer to get their hand on this trendy new handset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cellular"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/197\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}