Apple on Wednesday announced that iPhone 4S will land in mainland China 10 days before the Chinese New Year, Jan. 23. With a population of 1.33 billion people, China has a lot of potential for Apple, and they seem to be fully aware of that. Hands down, China is dominant in terms of scale, but they’re not the only ones in this announcement. Twenty-one other countries are getting the iPhone 4S on the Friday at 13th of January as well, so here’s the list.

All Twenty-two countries receiving the iPhone 4S on January 13^th are:
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Cameroon, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, China, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guam, Guinea Conakry, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Niger, Senegal, St. Vincent and The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos and Uganda.

“Customer response to our products in China has been off the charts,” Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement. “With the launch in China next week, iPhone 4S will be available in over 90 countries making this our fastest iPhone rollout ever.”

iPhone 4S runs on dual-core A5-powered smartphone that runs on iOS 5, which is touted to be the most advanced mobile operating system in the world, sporting more than 200 new features over its predecessor. Apple will be shipping the iPhone 4S in black and white in all countries. Pricing has not been announced in local currencies, but is listed as $199, $299 and $399 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models, respectively.

Source - Apple PR