The store will support the Dell phone along with 10 other handset models from Nokia, Samsung, HTC and other manufacturers. A Dell China spokesperson declined to provide more details on the Mini 3i, but the device reportedly runs an open operating system based on Google's Android platform.
Rival mobile operator China Unicom has been in talks with Apple to bring the iPhone to China, with speculation online that the device could be introduced there as soon as next month. Apple had reportedly reached a tentative three-year agreement this summer with China Unicom to sell the iPhone in the country, which boasts 700 million cell phone subscribers. --Mark Walsh