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Cult of Mac: WSJ: Official iPhone Launch in China Off to Sputtering Start
AppleInsider: Apple's iPhone sees tepid sales debut in China
Digital Daily: Was the iPhone’s Launch in China Really a Bust?
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Apple bungles its Chinese iPhone launch making some rookie marketing mistakes: http://cli.gs/TBQDT #EO 28 days ago |
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Recipe for iFailure: Jack up the iPhone's already high price in a nation of counterfeits. http://bit.ly/2zNTF ^VG (via @nytimesbits) 29 days ago |
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RT @klustout IPhone Gets Lukewarm Reception in China: WSJ http://bit.ly/cQEhQ RT @niubi Bcuz there r already 2m "grey" iphones in China. 29 days ago |
WSJ: Official iPhone Launch in China Off to Sputtering Start
Cult of Mac —
OB-EU292_chipho_G_20091101184529 Customers check out the iPhone at a Beijing launch event. Bloomberg News In spite of the fact that all iPhones are made in China, Apple’s super smartphone wasn’t officially available to Chinese consumers until this weekend. China Unicom, Apple’s network partner in the world’s largest mobile phone market, held a late-night kick-off event in Beijing on Friday to mark the momentous occasion, but the ...
Apple's iPhone sees tepid sales debut in China
AppleInsider —
... Published: 11:00 AM EST Hundreds of people showed up for the iPhone launch party in Beijing last week, but the handset failed to sell out in many Chinese stores. Compared to iPhone debuts in the U.S. and Japan, the Chinese launch was "subdued," The Wall Street Journal reported. While the reaction was not necessarily indicative of sales, it is likely due to the fact that gray market phones have been available for import in China for years, and at competitive prices. Still, many attended to official China Unicom launch party Friday night. Around the nation, though, reports ...
Was the iPhone’s Launch in China Really a Bust?
Digital Daily —
Apple’s internationally coveted iPhone finally arrived at market in China last week and by most accounts, it’s debut was uncharacteristically muted.
There is “no sign of the sort of sellout reception that greeted the smart phone at its introduction in other countries,” The Wall Street Journal reported, adding that there were no lines for the iPhone at the Apple store in Beijing, the company’s only location in China.
Sounds like a lackluster launch, and with Apple (AAPL) and China Unicom, the only carrier authorized to sell ...
Apple's iPhone sees lukewarm reception in China debut
BloggingStocks —
... but that kind of fever -- and the fever U.S. consumers felt at every iPhone launch in the U.S. -- seemed tepid by comparison when China Unicom unleashed the iPhone for sale last week. Continue reading Apple's iPhone sees lukewarm reception in China debut Apple's iPhone sees lukewarm reception in China debut originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
