Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with the Chairman of China Mobile
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Because of its proprietary 3G network, Apple has never been able to finalize a deal to have the Apple iPhone available for China Mobile customers, although millions of unlocked units run over China Mobile's pipeline at 2G speed. The Apple iPhone 5 is available via China Telecom and China Unicom and two million units were sold during the first weekend following the launch of the phone. China Mobile's flagship model for now is the Nokia Lumia 920T, built for the carrier's network.
Cook met on Tuesday with China's minister for industry and information technology and on Wednesday met with top executives from China Unicom.
source: Reuters
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14 Comments
1. someones4 posted on 10 Jan 2013, 04:08 14 1
Basically, he's going to beg China Mobile to offer iPhones. The first time Apple has to beg. Really nice.
2. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 10 Jan 2013, 04:21 9 0
Apple's power has diminished substantially. Tim Cook obviously brought the white flag to China Mobile.
5. someones4 posted on 10 Jan 2013, 05:45 3 0
Please...with Apple placed at number 6 in one of the world's largest market and to have the iphone p**sed on by China Mobile, Cook obviously has to fly there personally to get things done.
Well, if Cook brought his b**ls along for the trip, he might demand China Mobile make the 3g network compatible with the iPhone.
Also, everything is quite predictable with Apple.
6. darkkjedii posted on 10 Jan 2013, 07:17 0 4
Good explanation lol
7. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 10 Jan 2013, 08:26 4 0
Cook phoned me, he said Apple was greedy but China Mobile was even more greedy, unbelievable he said, so the Chinese won.
13. Nathan_ingx posted on 11 Jan 2013, 01:26 0 0
Or maybe, if the network negotiations don't work, Cook has a plan B. Like i've said in an article before based on rumors that Apple planning to make affordable iPhones, Tim Cook might learn 'the art of cheap phone making 101'.
8. coppico posted on 10 Jan 2013, 09:11 3 0
As a Chinese, and recall from last 10 yrs, Nokia has always been the proud phone supplier to China mobile, and it's flagship phones changed annually give carriers huge profit.
In china, it's not so about true quality of phone; it's about popularity, and if a phone is not, you can make it popular. So doesn't matter what phone China Mobile gets, it'll make it popular...trust me.
Another thing about phone sales in China is cheap, nokia has long been the provider of cheap phones in China.
Smart Nokia... and Samsung is joining the cheat&popular(expensive) categories..also smart.
But Apple is stubborn...as we always know
12. jinxed posted on 11 Jan 2013, 00:26 0 0
U no wat, China should start exporting their phones more. Phones like Oppo ,if marketed well ,should definitely give others a run for der money. Especially dey hav d potential to dominate d mid-budget category.
14. coppico posted on 11 Jan 2013, 12:11 0 0
even as a Chinese patriot, I have to be honest and say Chinese phones lack innovation in general. They just copy others. That's what Chinese as good at, copy...not inventing..
You can argue that oppo or asus are doing good job, but oppo's and Xiaomi's UI is just pure ugly...they can make the phones look pretty, but the powerful design and smooth UI...they just can't copy
9. ray77 posted on 10 Jan 2013, 17:13 0 0
baisally he will join the party an then kiss china an u guy know were it will be kiss...lol ^-^
11. jinxed posted on 11 Jan 2013, 00:17 0 0
"China would soon become Apple's biggest market in the near future." .. Yeah sure..keep dreaming..ppl der can get as many as 3 high end smartphones for d price f 1 iphone!!!
