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iPhone, BlackBerry temporarily banned in Argentina

Putting into practice a ban on the sale of all foreign-made smartphones and stabilize the "poor economy", the ...

December 29, 2011 / 11:05 IST

Putting into practice a ban on the sale of all foreign-made smartphones and stabilize the "poor economy", the Argentinian government has banned iPhones and BlackBerry devices in the country. Together iPhone and BlackBerry make up for almost 60 percent of the smartphone market in Argentina. Confirming the news Manuals.WS reports that, "The Argentinian Government have took some measures to reduce the inflation level andВ strengthen the Pesos / US dollar currency parity. One of them was to block the sales of certainВ electronics temporary, among them iPhone and BlackBerry phones."

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first published: Dec 29, 2011 10:58 am

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