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Apple’s first Hong Kong store opens up to massive crowds
Apple today opened up its first retail store in Hong Kong at the IFC Mall and to say that people were excited would be a gross understatement. The new store is located in an extremely busy shopping district and features an elegant and modern design. The store is comprised of two levels connected via Apple’s [...]
Continue reading...Apple earned $1 Billion more in revenue in China last quarter than Lenovo
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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One year ago, Lenovo CEO Liu Chuanzhi expressed relief that Apple wasn’t taking China seriously. “We are lucky that Steve Jobs has such a bad temper and doesn’t care about China,” Chuanzhi explained. “If Apple were to spend the same effort on the Chinese consumer as we do, we would be in trouble.” I don’t [...]
Continue reading...Apple strikes iPhone deal with China Mobile – Rumor
Saturday, August 6, 2011
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Apple’s revenue from China during the past quarter came in at $3.8 billion and that number is poised to balloon even higher should Apple strike a deal to get the iPhone on China Mobile, the world’s largest carrier with over 600 million subscribers. Late last week, CapitalVue reported that Apple finalized a deal with state-owned [...]
Continue reading...Apple criteria for a low-end iPhone: “An innovative category-killer experience”
Friday, August 5, 2011
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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 [...]
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
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