It looks like South Koreans will be waiting a while before they get their hands on the coveted iPhone 4. The supergadget releases at the end of July in 17 countries including Singapore and Hong Kong, but not in Korea. And it seems that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is blaming the Korean government.
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“It’s going to take just a little bit longer to get government approval there,” Jobs said at a press conference. But as reported by The Choson Ilbo, Korea never received an application.
“The Korea Communications Commission, which gives the green light to sales of electronic communications devices, issued a quick response denying responsibility, saying the Radio Research Agency has yet to receive an application to test the electromagnetic frequency levels of the iPhone 4.
KT, the distributor, appears to have been caught off guard. On its website it published the full text of Apple’s response to its queries in which the company admits that a delay in its preparation is behind the two-month postponement.”
Many are also upset about another comment Jobs made at the press conference. When asked about the iPhone 4’s reception glitches, he complained of an American press campaign against Apple. “Would you rather that we were a Korean company, instead of an American company?” he asked.
Korea saw its first iPhone, the 3GS offered in 2009, almost three years after the U.S. launch of the original iPhone.
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