Apple iPhones can go n eat shit liao

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hahaha

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUS275126284320140117?irpc=932


China Mobile Starts Selling iPhones, But No One Seems to Care
By Geoff Weiss at Entrepreneur.com
Fri Jan 17, 2014 12:36pm EST
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Cracking China's mammoth mobile market may be harder than Apple anticipated.

When the latest iPhones were unveiled today by the country's largest carrier, China Mobile--after years of protracted negotiations--the local response was far less frenzied than the hype that typically surrounds an Apple announcement.

According to The New York Times, "only about a dozen customers showed up to buy iPhones at the opening of a store in Beijing--despite the presence of a special guest, the Apple chief executive Timothy Cook."

While, in the past, the iPhone has been an iconic brand in China, "it has lost ground to the market leader in smartphones, Samsung Electronics, and cut-price domestic rivals," reports the Times.

And the company's steep prices aren't helping matters. An unsubsidized, unlocked iPhone 5s via China Mobile is roughly $875--the same price that Apple charges in its own stores. On a two-year contract, China Mobile offers the phones for free--but with payments of nearly $100 per month.

Related:*Apple Seeks Bigger Bite of China's Massive Mobile Market

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[SadPlumpGal]

Apple offended Chinese consumers and Samsung has easily taken up the slack.

Xiaomi is also very good value for money.

 

[Lordshiva]

apple kum bay lan .......


time to short the bastard stock

 

[Narong Wongwan]

I'm happy the tiongs din take to the new iphone and cheapen the product.

 

[winnipegjets]

The middle class is not as big as the so called analysts have told us.

Xiaomi is still the phone that Chinese can afford to buy.

 

[Lordshiva]

I'm happy the tiongs din take to the new iphone and cheapen the product.

thank God they used the better technology from Samsung and came out with the Oppo and Xiaomi!!!

yay to cheaperer and betterer phones!!

 

[Shut Up you are Not MM]

http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report...na/article16388497/?service=mobile&cmpid=rss1

A muted start for Apple’s latest foray into China

ERIC PFANNER
TOKYO — THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
Last updated Friday, Jan. 17 2014, 2:46 PM ES

 

[Narong Wongwan]

thank God they used the better technology from Samsung and came out with the Oppo and Xiaomi!!!

yay to cheaperer and betterer phones!!

I'm still not sold on the xiaomi that everyone is raving about.
Not biased but not had good experience with anything that's china owned china made....except maybe the Mei meis....am happy to stick with my iphone

 

[red amoeba]

Apple position china mobile for nxt launch of iPhone 6. Nearly 6 months liao of launch of iPhone 5 those prc who can afford will have already got one legally or not.

This is for the future. Which is y china is amongst the first batch of markets when they launch iPhone 5s

 

[god_zeus]

000000000000000000000

steve jobs fired his best programmer

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[tonychat]

Now the trend is going for Nexus Google phone..iphone is way past.

 

[The_Hypocrite]

What is Xiaomi?

I'm still not sold on the xiaomi that everyone is raving about.
Not biased but not had good experience with anything that's china owned china made....except maybe the Mei meis....am happy to stick with my iphone

 

[yellowarse]

<header class="header container" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" style="display: block; zoom: 1; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 18px; margin-left: auto; width: 960px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">It is inevitable. iPhone and iOS's impending demise in China paves the way for Linux-based, HTC-backed, home-grown COS. Already 100,000 apps available. Trouble with iOS is its proprietary code and expensive apps.

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China reveals COS: a government-approved operating system designed to break the monopoly of foreign software

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China's tried to create its very own mobile OS ecosystem in the past, but let's face it: The attempt with OPhone was hardly something that would make the nation proud. This time round, though, a company by the name of Shanghai Liantong has joined forces with the ISCAS (Institute of Software at the Chinese Academy of Sciences) and the government to launch COS, which simply stands for China Operating System. While there's no official mention of this, it appears that HTC is a big supporter behind this project, which would match what we heard from a Wall Street Journal report from August.

Apart from the open-source code, this Linux-based OS is said to be developed "entirely independently," in the hopes of breaking the foreign software monopoly, as well as providing better localization for the likes of language input, cloud services and monetization. At yesterday's launch event, the head of ISCAS criticized iOS for being a closed ecosystem, while Android has the infamous fragmentation problem, and both Windows plus Android are let down by poor security.

Ironically, all the COS variants -- in the form of phones, tablets, PCs and set-top boxes -- shown in the promo video after the break are very Android-like, and some of those features, like multitasking, content streaming and remote desktop, are nothing new. Even the HTC One and Butterfly S we saw looked like they were still carrying Sense 5. But hey, maybe such a close relationship with the Chinese government is just what HTC needs for its recovery this year.

Update: We reached out to HTC regarding its involvement in COS, but the spokesperson wasn't keen to talk about it:

HTC remains focused on working with its current OS partners and we do not comment on speculation regarding other OS.
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COS (China Operating System) screenshots

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[laksaboy]

Govt-approved software eh? I'm sure it'll phone home to the spying agencies in China.

 

[yellowarse]

Govt-approved software eh? I'm sure it'll phone home to the spying agencies in China.

Ironically, COS is to prevent the US from spying on its allies and non-allies. Remember Merkel's phone calls?

http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com...-operating-system/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

"The Chinese Academy of Sciences called COS a strategic product for national security, urgently needed following revelations regarding United States surveillance and Microsoft Windows ending further support of its XP system, the state-run Global Times newspaper reported."

 

[laksaboy]

Ironically, COS is to prevent the US from spying on its allies and non-allies. Remember Merkel's phone calls?

http://sinosphere.blogs.nytimes.com...-operating-system/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

"The Chinese Academy of Sciences called COS a strategic product for national security, urgently needed following revelations regarding United States surveillance and Microsoft Windows ending further support of its XP system, the state-run Global Times newspaper reported."

Indeed, but when it comes to the spying game or protecting online privacy, China is no saint compared to the NSA.

 

[yellowarse]

Indeed, but when it comes to the spying game or protecting online privacy, China is no saint compared to the NSA.

True, but China's SIGINT is light-years behind the NSA. I'd rather be spied on by a more inept agency

 

[johnny333]

Apple position china mobile for nxt launch of iPhone 6. Nearly 6 months liao of launch of iPhone 5 those prc who can afford will have already got one legally or not.

This is for the future. Which is y china is amongst the first batch of markets when they launch iPhone 5s

Yes I doubt that the PRC customers are any different from the global customers. The chinese are just as status conscious as everyone else.

Samsung recently adjusted their forecast downwards. Many think that one of the factors is Apple agreement with China Mobile. It will make it easier for the chinese to buy an iPhone

 

[looneytan]

China guys are real men, only Ah Gua use iPhone