Buyers snap up smuggled iPhones

Despite warnings that up to 80 percent of smuggled iPhones on the market are fake, there is strong demand for bootleg handsets in Beijing.
China Unicom has reported lackluster sales of just 100,000 since the iPhone was officially launched in China on Oct 30.

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iPhone Finally Comes to China But Without WiFi

Apple enter into the world’s largest wireless market, Apple and carrier China Unicom have struck a deal to sell iPhones in China.
The official iPhone heading to China isn’t exactly the same as the ones we see here: Apple removed Wi-Fi hardware from its iPhones for China Unicom to comply with Chinese government standards. Luckily for [...]

China Unicom bullish on iPhone sales

China Unicom, the nation’s second largest cell phone carrier, said on Friday it expects nearly 10 percent of the third generation (3G) users in the country to switch to Apple Inc’s iPhone in the next couple of years.
Tian Wenke, general manager of corporate business department of China Unicom, told China Daily that the smartphone has [...]

BlackBerry and Palm may go on sale soon

China Telecom aims to sell BlackBerry handsets and Palm smartphones in China by early next year, as it tries to gain share from its two larger mobile telecom rivals, a source familiar with the situation said yesterday.
China Telecom, the smallest of the country’s three major mobile operators, is fighting to compete in the country’s increasingly [...]

Apple’s iPhone sales fail to flatter on mainland debut

Apple Inc’s mainland partner sold fewer iPhones than analysts anticipated in the product’s debut last week, raising concerns the price is too high to attract customers in the world’s biggest mobile phone market.
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd said it sold 5,000 iPhones since the Beijing-based carrier began offering the product on Oct 30. The phone [...]

China Unicom expects subscriber surge after iPhone launch

China Unicom, the country’s second largest telecom operator, is expecting a big rise in its subscriber number after it launched the country’s first official sales of iPhone Friday night.
Analysts Saturday estimated the monthly rise to be 1.8 million in November, a sharp increase from September’s 935,000.
Unicom started selling iPhones equipped with 3G service in 285 [...]

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