For several months now, the iPhone 5s release date for China Mobile has not been disclosed primarily because no agreement has yet been made between the two companies. However, after the deal has been inked a week ago, developments are coming fast. And in just three days, the latest iPhone will finally be made available for pre-order. 

According to a representative who spoke with the Wall Street Journal, the iPhone 5s can be pre-ordered from the carrier's website starting on Thursday, December 12th. 

As the largest network carrier in the world, China Mobile has hundreds of millions of subscribers, and for a while it has been teasing its 4G LTE network which it will launch on December 18th. 

Now that the iPhone 5s is arriving to its stores, the carrier expects a significant number of its subscribers to jump in the iPhone's bandwagon through affordable and easy-to-pay contracts. And that goal appears to be possible considering that more than 40 million of its subscribers are already iPhone 5s owners.