A number of media outlets from China are reporting that Apple's iPhone 6 will be available for purchase starting on Friday, Oct. 10.
The date was supported by a store preparation timeline presented to retail employees in an internal training course, according to TechWeb.com.
The information indicates product readiness and employee training will begin Oct. 7 to support initial sales three days later.
Apple wants to start selling its new iPhone 6 in China as quick as possible in order to include sales in its fiscal Q1 holiday quarter, which will be compared to last year's quarter with revenues of $57.6 billion, $8.8 billion of which came from Greater China.
The 4.7-inch iPhone 6 was originally reported by TechWeb to be priced starting at 5288 yuan ($863) while the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus is expected to be sold for 6288 yuan ($1,026).
A report by Bloomberg said that carriers were already lowering subsides for new phone buyers under pressure of Chinese state regulators.
The Bloomberg report says that Chinese subsidies are paid over the length of users' contracts in the form of a monthly rebate applied to the user's mobile service cost, not a lump sum when the user signs their contract.
The effective hardware price for users will double due to the changes being mandated in China. However, the initial price users will pay to get a new device will actually be lower, at 4488 yuan ($732) rather than 5288 yuan.
Carriers are reducing their monthly discounts on voice service from 194 yuan ($31.66) to 136 yuan ($22.20), according to Bloomberg.
Though this move reduces the subsidy, costing end users an additional 592 yuan ($97) over the length of their two year contract, it makes the initial purchase more affordable, which is the opposite of American-style carrier subsidies.
The two new phones achieved China Compulsory Certification last week. They still need network access licenses before they can go on sale however.
Those licenses are issued by the Telecom Equipment Certification Center, China's equivalent of the U.S. FCC.
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