It's Apple Style

Apple's iPhone 4 was launched this weekend in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, but the buyers later found out that FaceTime was missing in their phones . The National reports that the video chat feature is missing from phones sold at UAE carriers Etisalat and du, as well as those from Vodafone Qatar.

Carriers are blaming Apple for the missing feature, and spokespersons from both Etisalat and Vodafone say they're speaking to apple about reinstating FaceTime post-haste; 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.

Src: [The National]