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Apple criteria for a low-end iPhone: “An innovative category-killer experience”
After meeting with Apple COO Tim Cook and Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer, Mike Abramsky issued a research note highlighting a few of his takeaways with two of Apple’s top executives. Though the note contains no direct quotes from either Cook or Oppenheimer, Abramsky intimates that both men see China as a massive opportunity with a […]
Continue reading...Apple planning to release iPhone 5 alongside low cost iPhone 4 – Report
Thursday, August 4, 2011
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With all of the talk about an iPhone 5 and an iPhone 4S, you might well think that Apple is planning to release two different models this fall. Oh wait, they just might! All Things D relays an analyst report from Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White who states that China Telecom has reached a preliminary […]
Continue reading...Employee at fake Apple Store in China explains: We want to sell quality products
Sunday, July 24, 2011
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Apple is no stranger to competitors copying its products. From Microsoft to Samsung, Apple’s tasteful hardware and intuitive software is often emulated but rarely duplicated. To be fair, when a company is as innovative as Apple is, being copied just comes with the territory. Copying products is one thing, but copying Apple’s entire retail store […]
Continue reading...iPhone deals in China may prove to be $70 billion opportunity for Apple
Thursday, July 14, 2011
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In the wake of reports that Apple is poised to sign an iPhone deal with China Telecom, the third largest carrier in China behind China Unicom and China Mobile, analyst Brian White of Ticonderoga Securities issued a note to investors writing that such a deal may potentially increase Apple’s bottom line by upwards of $9 […]
Continue reading...China Telecom to carry Apple iPhone before 2012
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
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Lost in the shuffle when discussing the iPhone in China is China Telecom, the country’s third largest mobile carrier behind China Unicom (which has the iPhone) and China Mobile (which may be getting it soon). Now comes word via Reuters that China Telecom will begin carrying the iPhone sometime before the end of 2011. As […]
Continue reading...iOS 5 beta 2 becomes more email friendly in China with support for QQ, 163.com and 123.com
Monday, June 27, 2011
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A lot of news coming out of this weekend’s release of the second beta of iOS 5 with the latest being that the latest OS update includes support for China’s QQ, 163.com, and 126.com email services via the same accounts pane users currently call up to set up their email accounts via Gmail, Yahoo etc.
Continue reading...Tim Cook in China with China Mobile – deal imminent?
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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MICGadget today posted this blurry spyshot of Apple COO Tim Cook at China Mobile headquarters earlier this morning. Cook was reportedly traveling with 7-8 other people and, the report relays, seemed happy. The original report stems from the First Financial Daily, a “prosperous financial paper” in the country. The reporter for the First Financial Daily […]
Continue reading...iPad 2 launch at Sanlitun store in Beijing marred by violence
Monday, May 9, 2011
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While the launch of a new product at Apple store often attract long lines of dedicated Apple users, nerds, line lovers, and of course, greedy re-sellers, it’s usually a safe bet that everyone in line is respectful and civil with each other. A different story, however, emanated from China over the weekend where Apple’s iPad […]
Continue reading...iPad 2 resellers camp out overnight for $400/day profits
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
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If you thought the iPad 2 was a hot commodity here in the US, then it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that Apple’s next-gen tablet is even higher demand overseas, and especially in countries where the device has yet to go on sale. Case in point – China, where iPad 2s are selling […]
Continue reading...SoPhone iPhone 4 knockoff is eerily similar to the real thing
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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In the realm of iPhone imitation, or illegal patent infringement if you wanna be blunt about it, there attention to detail on some iPhone knockoff devices is getting scary. The most glaring example is the iPhone 4 inspired SoPhone in Hong Kong which looks and operates so similarly to the real thing that many people […]
Continue reading...China completely sold out of the iPhone 4
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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Apparently you just can’t beat the real thing. Despite a rightfully deserved reputation as a place overflowing with counterfeit and knockoff iPhones, the legit iPhone 4 is selling like hotcakes in the land of Yao. The iPhone originally went on sale on September 25th in China and generated long lines at both Apple retail stores […]
Continue reading...China Unicom sells 100,000 iPhone 4s in just four days
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
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Say what you will about previous sales of the iPhone in China, but it’s overwhelmingly apparent that the iPhone 4 in China is a bonafide hit. The iPhone 4 launched in China this past weekend as thousands of interested shoppers lined up outside of Apple stores in anticipation. In the week and a half before […]
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Friday, August 5, 2011
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