Sichuan Pakistani government purchases parallel iPad 2 for data transmission

Apple’s new tablet iPad 2 has just been listed on the Chinese mainland for less than a month. The Sichuan Provincial Bureau of Forestry in Bazhong has started government procurement, but the iPad 2 3G edition purchased by the Pakistan Forestry Bureau has not been used in mainland China. Listed, the market is circulated "parallel imports."

According to the procurement announcement issued by Sichuan Government Procurement on the Internet, "Platinum Inquiry [2011] No. 163" announced by Bazhong City Forestry Bureau, the procurement of the "iPad 2 3G Edition (including original leather case)" was conducted by Bazhong City Forestry Bureau, and the number was set to 1. At 3:20 in the afternoon on May 31, the Bahrain Municipal Government Procurement Center opened the bid.

iPad 2 is a new generation of Apple's tablet PC. It was just listed in the United States on March 11 this year. It was listed on the mainland of China on May 6. iPad 2 became popular after being listed in China. It was sold out several times, but it was listed on the mainland. iPad 2 only wifi version, but no 3G version, the mainland circulation of the 3G version iPad 2 are smuggled into the "parallel."

According to the company’s official website, the main purpose of iPad 2 is to read e-books, go online, watch movies, play games, and so on. The 3G version of iPad2 is priced at US$829 (substituting a current exchange rate of 5,363 yuan) at Apple’s official website in the United States. Sets need to add an additional 69 US dollars (equivalent to 446 yuan), and Taobao on the sale of parallel 3G version of the iPad 2 quotes generally around 6300 yuan, the official price of holster is 548 yuan.

Nandu reporter called the purchasing center of the Finance Bureau of Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, which issued this procurement announcement. Purchasing center staff said that the procurement center is only responsible for checking the parameters of the procurement, checking whether there is enough purchase funds, and issuing a procurement announcement. What kind of equipment, he said: "The forestry bureau should have an internal audit."

In an interview with a reporter from Nandu, the Financial Section of Bazhong City Forestry Bureau said that the iPad 2 was purchased for the forestry survey and design brigade, and its use was “land use planning”. Another staff member told the Southern Reporter that because of the need for forest land conservation and utilization planning and the second survey of forest resources, the forestry survey and design brigade often conducts fieldwork and buys the 3G version of the iPad 2 because it is “light, portable, and Long standby time, used to transmit data in the wild."

The staff member said that the data that needs to be transferred has coordinates and images. At that time, the data collected in the wild will be transmitted to the iPad 2 via email via the USB interface. The staff member also stated that he did not know that the 3G iPad 2 was not available. China's mainland market, and according to the South are verified by reporters, iPad 2 has no USB interface, can not use any USB external storage devices.