That's because the iPhone is already here

When the china sell phone  was released in the United States two years ago, thousands camped outside Apple stores overnight to secure one of the prized devices. The official launch of the trendy handset in China this month isn't likely to spur the same zealotry. That's because the iPhone is already here.
Over the last two years, while Apple Inc. was tied up in negotiations with a Chinese carrier to bring the iPhone to the Middle Kingdom, nimble entrepreneurs were busy importing Apple handsets manufactured for the U.S. and Hong Kong markets.
They downloaded software to make the phones compatible with local networks, switched the language settings and -- voila -- the Chinese iPhone was born. Travelers coming back from their trips abroad also smuggled the coveted devices into the country.
The result: an estimated 1.5 million so-called gray-market iPhone clone  are in use in China.
Then there are the iPhoneys. Shoppers can walk into any electronics bazaar in Beijing and buy a counterfeit iPhone for as little as $50. These pirated devices aren't the equals of the real thing, of course. It takes thumb-wrestling strength to get some of the touch screens to respond. And that e-mail icon? It's just for show.
But for shoppers like Luo Qiang, a 32-year-old worker at the state electric company, just the appearance of rocking a genuine-looking GSM+CDMA Cell Phones is enough.
"If I can have one that does more or less the same thing, why buy the more expensive, official iPhone?" said Luo, who recently purchased a fake one inside a chaotic Beijing shopping plaza.