Apple iPhone 5 cleared for release on China Telecom
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We have been seeing the numbers and as of just two weeks ago, Android held 90% of the smartphone market share in China. This news may not change that number too much, given the proliferation of inexpensive non-Google Android devices in the country, but it certainly can't hurt that Apple's iPhone 5 has now been cleared for release on China Telecom.
Apple had been waiting on a “network access license”, which has just been granted. This means that Apple's iPhone 5 is now allowed to be released for China's third-largest mobile carrier, China Telecom. So far, Apple has not been able to get access licenses for China's top two carriers: China Mobile (#1) and China Unicom (#2), and it doesn't look like Apple will get the license for China Unicom before launching the iPhone 5.
Analysts believe that not having the iPhone 5 on the larger carriers could mean that Android will widen its market share lead in China.
source: WSJ
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6 Comments
3. networkdood posted on 29 Nov 2012, 22:10 2
Will people in China be able to afford the phone - I keep hearing how it is more expensive in other countries than in other states.
4. amiaq posted on 30 Nov 2012, 00:42 0
Thank god there's still China left, otherwise iPhone is running out of new customers.
5. sponmagnet posted on 30 Nov 2012, 07:26 0
Its all about free apps, Googles play store has more free apps than itunes, while i tunes prices most apps for 0.99$.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ANDROOOOOOOOOID
6. rusticguy posted on 30 Nov 2012, 12:12 0
Doesn't it hurt their bloated ego to get access only to #3?
