China Unicom has justinked a deal that’ll grant it exclusive rights to sell Apple’s  smartphone in mainland China for three whole years. Unfortunately, most of the  details are absent. The “Wo” icon you see just below the speaker signifies that this here device is ready to rock on the carrier’s 3G network, though we still can’t say with any amount of certainty if said image is fully legitimate. We’re also waiting to hear whether it’ll be the iPhone 3G or 3GS (or both) that’s sold, and we’re particular curious as to whether or not these handsets will include WiFi modules.

In related news, it does sound as if China Unicom bent over backwards a bit to make this all come together, with the article stating that it signed on to move between one and two million units per year regardless of how many consumers actually show up to buy one.  At any rate, it’s noted that Unicom will be snapping up the devices from Apple at a cost of around 3,000 Chinese yuan a piece ($440), with end users being asked to pay an undisclosed lesser amount on contract. If all goes well, the units could hit Chinese stores as early as September, though only time will tell how everything shakes out.