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Apple Shipping Low-Cost iPhone to China Mobile
After years of ongoing negotiations, it appears that Apple and China Mobile have finally reached a deal that will see China's largest carrier offer the iPhone. According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple is currently preparing to ship the new low-cost iPhone "5C" to the carrier.
Rendering of Apple's Low-Cost iPhone 5C
Much of the problem stemmed from China Mobile's use of TD-SCDMA, which Apple's iPhones have not previously supported, though revenue share terms were also an issue. Tim Cook met with China Mobile officials several times over the course of the year and in August, China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua reported that the company was close to achieving an agreement with Apple.
Apple's lower-cost iPhone, which has been developed primarily for emerging markets like China, is expected to carry a price tag between $400 to $500, making it more affordable than alternatives like the upcoming flagship iPhone 5S. Apple will announce its new iPhone lineup on September 10, with an event to follow in Beijing on September 11.
While China Unicom and China Telecom are expected to receive the iPhone on September 20, China Mobile's launch could come somewhat later because of the need for regulatory approval on the TD-SCDMA compatible iPhone.
Update: According to Bloomberg, a deal is close to being finalized, but it will not be announced during the September 10 iPhone event.
A deal would cap years of negotiations between the two companies. Apple has tried to hammer out a deal with China's largest wireless carrier that has 700 million subscribers, seven times the size of the U.S.'s largest wireless carrier Verizon Wireless. Greater China is Apple's third biggest market after the U.S. and Europe in terms of sales.Reaching a deal with China Mobile has not been an easy feat for Apple, and the two companies have been in negotiations and talks for more than two years.
Apple has asked Foxconn, its longtime contract manufacturing partner, to add China Mobile to the list of carriers slated to receive a new low-cost iPhone, one of these people said. It isn't clear when the phones would be delivered.
Much of the problem stemmed from China Mobile's use of TD-SCDMA, which Apple's iPhones have not previously supported, though revenue share terms were also an issue. Tim Cook met with China Mobile officials several times over the course of the year and in August, China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua reported that the company was close to achieving an agreement with Apple.
Apple's lower-cost iPhone, which has been developed primarily for emerging markets like China, is expected to carry a price tag between $400 to $500, making it more affordable than alternatives like the upcoming flagship iPhone 5S. Apple will announce its new iPhone lineup on September 10, with an event to follow in Beijing on September 11.
While China Unicom and China Telecom are expected to receive the iPhone on September 20, China Mobile's launch could come somewhat later because of the need for regulatory approval on the TD-SCDMA compatible iPhone.
Update: According to Bloomberg, a deal is close to being finalized, but it will not be announced during the September 10 iPhone event.
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83 months ago
...and one of the last strongholds/strangleholds of Android is about to fall.
Folks...the marketshare % is about to take a drastic swing worldwide.
It already had shifted in the US when T-Mobile finally got the iPhone 5 in the spring leaving Android in the USA no place to hide.
With the iPhone appearing on more and more carriers where Android has had exclusivity is going to bring their % tumbling down.
Can't wait for the analysts to try to spin this one.
Folks...the marketshare % is about to take a drastic swing worldwide.
It already had shifted in the US when T-Mobile finally got the iPhone 5 in the spring leaving Android in the USA no place to hide.
With the iPhone appearing on more and more carriers where Android has had exclusivity is going to bring their % tumbling down.
Can't wait for the analysts to try to spin this one.
83 months ago
Oh get off it already. It would be a great disservice to us if the market became >90% iPhone.
But of course it's fine if its 90% Android, right?
83 months ago
Why do you assume they will choose an iPhone by default? They are probably more than happy with how open Android is, so while I am sure iPhone sales will pick up I doubt this is the Android crusher you believe it will be.
Because the same assumptions have been made everywhere and everywhere the iPhone appears, it takes the majority of % of share.
They said the same thing about T-Mobile. iPhone has been out for a while and T-Mobile is more Android type people. And low and behold, iPhone takes the #1 sales slot from them also. People want the iPhone and with the new 5c, it's even more reasons for the mid range/low to possibly buy it.
I guess we'll see right?
83 months ago
...and one of the last strongholds/strangleholds of Android is about to fall. Folks...the marketshare % is about to take a drastic swing worldwide. It already has shifted in the US when T-Mobile finally got it and Android no longer had a place to hide.
Oh get off it already. It would be a great disservice to us if the market became >90% iPhone.
83 months ago
Oh get off it already. It would be a great disservice to us if the market became >90% iPhone.
No it wouldn't. By the time it reaches that, there will be a new product that we all move to and mobile phones are obsolete devices. Technology continually advances. 5 years ago, the iPhone didn't exist, 5 years from now it will be dying off like the iPod.
83 months ago
...and one of the last strongholds/strangleholds of Android is about to fall.
Folks...the marketshare % is about to take a drastic swing worldwide.
It already had shifted in the US when T-Mobile finally got the iPhone 5 in the spring leaving Android in the USA no place to hide.
With the iPhone appearing on more and more carriers where Android has had exclusivity is going to bring their % tumbling down.
Can't wait for the analysts to try to spin this one.
Nobody truly knows how many Android Devices there are in China, because there are so many Android Handsets that don't have Google Play connectivity, so Google can't "see" them.
83 months ago
Much of the problem stemmed from China Mobile's use (https://www.macrumors.com/2010/03/19/china-mobile-still-pushing-apple-to-adopt-td-scdma-for-iphone/) of TD-SCDMA...
Yes, that is a nearly insurmountable hurdle for a technically inexperienced company like Apple. :rolleyes:
I think the deal may have hinged on the dollars.
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