Side-by-side, I have to admit that the Meizu M8 can match iPhone in looks. Ultimately, in China it’s going to be features like hardware sleekness and video playback that are going to make the difference with the Chinese people. As the China iPhone will be sold with the WiFi disabled, features like 5 MP camera, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 28, 2009
There is no official word on the China iPhone pricing. China Unicom, though, has confirmed two models for the largest market in the world. The China Unicom iPhones will have no WiFi (disabled), to meet country regulations. The anticipation is finally over, even though Apple iPhones have been available for the Chinese who can afford it. [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 15, 2009
China Unicom, the carrier expected to offer up the iPhone in China, has officially denied the report that they’ve ordered 5 million iPhones from Apple. Yi Difei, China Unicom’s spokesman, officially said that the rumors are “not true” but affirms that talks between the two companies are still on-going. Tiffany Yang, meanwhile, speaking on Apple’s [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 13, 2009
The International Business Times is reporting that as many as 5 million Apple iPhones are going to be made available to the Chinese people. Money has already been exchanged to the tune of ten billion yuan or about $1.46 billion, which is roughly $292 per iPhone. The price of the 8G standard iPhone is set at [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 30, 2009
Apple and China Unicom appears to have made a deal about iPhone distribution in China. The report came from Shanghai Securities News. It says that Apple will sell iPhones to China Unicom at 3,000 yuan or about $439. But China Unicom has denied that a deal has been finalized. Negotiations are underway, though, and the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 23, 2009
Terrible news to hear about an employee getting “berated” for misplacing an iPhone prototype, presumably for China, and then committing suicide in the days following. Sun Danyong has been entrusted 16 4GB iPhone prototypes, which we can only assume is the China iPhone, and when he reported one lost the Central Security Division of Foxconn [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 13, 2009
We’ve been expecting the Chinese iPhone (not this Chinese iPhone clone but the China version of the Apple iPhone) not to have 3G and even WiFi when it gets launched in China, and that might just happen. It looks like China is not going to bend to a WiFi-enabled cellphone from Apple and Apple may [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 25, 2008
The Chinese distributor of the iPhone does not want the iPhone to have fast wireless connectivity. China Mobile, according to the South China Morning Post, does not care for 3G or WiFi. The former is understandable as China has not yet rolled out its own 3G technology. Frederick Wong, BNP Pariba analyst says Apple shouldn’t [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 15, 2008
Dow Jones Newswire reports that China Mobile, China’s biggest carrier, is still talking with Apple about distributing the iPhone. We have no idea what the issues are under discussion but if China Mobile gets distribution rights and Apple decides to sell iPhone 3Gs in China then get ready for more iPhone 3G supply woes in [...]
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