iPhone 4 launched in UAE ,Qatar, and Egypt with no FaceTime

The iPhone 4 was launched during the weekend in Qatar and United Arab Emirates, but was surprisingly missing FaceTime. Phones sold at UAE carriers Etisalat and du, as well as Vodafone Qatar is missing the video calling feature. It was reportedly advertised on Middle Eastern versions of Apple’s iPhone website until around September 20th, when all references to FaceTime were removed. TUAW reports that some UAE denizens have actually tested FaceTime on phones bought abroad and found it working just fine, but that the functionality disappears after installing the local version of the iOS 4.1 update.
One important thing to note here is that UAE and Egypt have banned certain VoIP services in the past. So perhaps that could somehow explain why Apple pulled FaceTime out.
SOURCE via TUAW










