Apple iPhone 6 cleared for launch in China

Apple Inc.'s new iPhone 6 will go on sale in China on Oct. 17 after winning final approval from regulators who scrutinized the device's security features amid rising concerns in the country about privacy.

The sale date is about a month after the new iPhones went on sale in the U.S. and other countries, according to the Wall Street Journal.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the network access licenses to Apple's new iPhones after the Cupertino, Calif., company addressed the privacy risks found in a government agency's safety test, the regulator said Tuesday.

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