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Given the havok the econalypse has played with other industries, the smartphone market is in extraordinarily good shape. Shipments of the devices rose 4.2 percent to 43.3 million globally over the 41.5 million shipped in third quarter of 2008.
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The official launch of Apple's iPhone in China has been disappointing at best for mobile operator China Unicom, with the grey market still booming and competitors offering worthy alternatives, experts say.
Only 5,000 of the Apple phones have sold since the Oct. 30 launch. High prices and a lack of Wi-Fi capability are blamed, especially with a thriving gray market in iPhones. Apple Inc.'s iPhone has been a ringing success wherever it has been launched. But in China few are picking up the buzz.
See a video of The Wall Street Journal's Loretta Chao on a hunt for iPhone users around Beijing after China Unicom said it had as few as 5,000 users of the Apple phone that just officially launched in China.
By Richard Adhikari, MacNewsWorld The iPhone went on sale last week in China, and it landed more or less with a thud. Cupertino's carrier partner in that country, China Unicom, announced on Tuesday that only 5,000 customers had purchased the phone thus far. At this rate, the handset may have trouble meeting sales expectations. China Unicom had pledged to sell 1 million iPhones per year. Price could...
Not quite the end of the world for Apple, but the introduction of the iPhone to China turned sour for the United States-based company and its mainland partner, China Unicom, with initial sales falling well short of forecasts. Doomsday, however, may be closer for the rest of the world, with the restart of Europe's Large Hadron Collider. Martin J Young surveys the week's developments in computing, science,...
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Hong Kong shares jumped early Friday, with all 42 constituents of the Hang Seng Index higher, after hefty gains on Wall Street pushed the Dow industrials back above the 10,000-point level. The Hang Seng Index rose 1.9% to 21,893.82, with Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. rising 2.6% and China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd. gaining 3.7%, while PetroChina Co. rose 2.7% despite a retreat...
As of November 15th, Verizon Wireless will make available prepaid wireless broadband data plans for customer to access their wireless 3G network. The prepaid plans are available in daily, weekly or monthly allotments and because of the low bandwidth offered combined with the high price, these cards are really designed for those that need [...]
The iPhone finally went on sale in China last week, and according to Business Week, only 5000 appear to have been sold. Scratch that. Do over. An overly expensive, Wi-Fi crippled version of the iPhone eventually went on sale in China, where over 2 million cheaper, unlocked, gray-market iPhones with functioning Wi-Fi have already been sold [...]
Apple's hopes of conquering China with its iPhone may be fading after reports of a dismal opening weekend for the phone on its debut in the country. According to reports, the president of the firm offering the iPhone in China, Unicom Ltd, told shareholders that sales had 'passed 5,000' following its debut weekend, a far from stellar total. Less for more You don't have to look too far for reasons why...
Apple Inc.'s local partner has sold 5,000 iPhones since the smart phone's formal weekend debut in China, a lackluster start after analysts warned the company might be setting prices too high. China Unicom Ltd. chairman Lu Yimin told shareholders Tuesday in Hong Kong that iPhone sales had "passed 5,000" as of that day, said Zhang Xinnian, director of investor relations for the company's Hong...
Since the iPhone went official in China with China Unicom only 5000 have been sold and that is viewed as a disappointment; however the future isn’t bleak for the China iPhone. According to an article over on apple insider, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster has said although the launch of the iPhone in China was “soft” [...]