iPhone unlikely to hit Chinese markets soon
Apple’s iphone looks like it won’t hit the Chinese markets soon because of technical reasons, reports came in on Wednesday, just after a day the shares in the U.S company went up with the hopes of a deal.
The chief executive of China Mobile Ltd said that his firm was involved in talks of a possible tie up after shares in Apple went up more than 10 percent on Tuesday. China Mobile stocks also saw a jump of 9 percent on Wednesday.
The iphones which are considered to be the hottest gadgets of the year after their roaring success in the U.S and European markets look to be mismatched with the Chinese telecommunication market mainly because of locked SIM cards- I mean to say that the device would not be able to associate with other operator’s network.
The executive said that the SIM cards were not locked, and mentioned that the Chinese business model did not demand revenue sharing with terminal producers and they don’t share revenue. He said that the firm welcomed their approach.
China Unicom, one of the country’s wireless carriers said it had no plans for now to bring the Apple iPhone to China but the idea was open.
“Right now we don’t have plans to introduce Apple’s iPhones in China,” The executive director of China Unicom told the reporters on Wednesday. He also said that they were always ready to discuss about a business opportunity if Apple had presented itself.
The director said that he was unable to judge whether Apple’s iPhone would gain eventually, said that it would need to support text messages in Chinese language to be accepted.
As long as there was a good product they were always ready to talk to find a common platform, the director said. One of the analysts held an opinion saying that it was hasty to start factoring in the launch of iPhone for China, not because of the price the device would demand, but because China mobile would resist setting off from age old practices. The analyst said that it was a niche product for niche users and would be for high-end users.
The analyst added that, unlike in US where Apple operates the iTunes song-download service, in China users might be deprived of content initially.
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November 14, 2007 | Filed Under Phones
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iPhone unlikely to hit Chinese markets soon…
Apples iphone looks like it wont hit the Chinese markets soon because of technical reasons, reports came in on Wednesday, just after a day the shares in the U.S company went up with the hopes of a deal….
iPhone unlikely to hit Chinese markets soon…
Apple’s iphone looks like it won’t hit the Chinese markets soon because of technical reasons, reports came in on Wednesday, just after a day the shares in the U.S company went up with the hopes of a deal….