That new iPhone 4 is not coming into the Middle Kingdom cheap.

Some tweeps stayed up last night — late, that is — to see Steve Jobs reveal the iPhone 4. At just 93 millimeters in thickness, this thing sure is thin. State-side, the new iPhone 4’s yours on June 24, 2010 with pre-reservations starting on June 15, 2010 already.

Apple also noted that iPads were selling like hot cakes, despite them not being available in China. That’s an iPad every three second — gone. In terms of how expensive the new iPhone would be, we’re looking, at least at the start, at tenfold prices. Instead of CNY 700 (that’s about USD 99 here), we’re looking at prices up to CNY 8,000. And of course, they’re supposed to be “pirated goods”. You pay for being first here — and apparently, that’s a bit of e-capitalist China for you…

…which you can easily do on a month’s pay if you’re in the handwriting software business: the Beijing Evening News revealed that those in the handwriting software biz earn on average CNY 7,000 - 8,000 a month. Not bad, eh?