Yesterday, Apple finally announced that they will bring the Apple iPhone 4 to China, and that’s a great news for all Chinese folks, because they are looking forward to it from a long time. If you are planning to buy the iPhone 4 in China directl Continue reading “iPhone 4 coming to China on September 25th”
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Samsung Galaxy S hits China in 3 different flavors !
Samsung has very big plans for their Galaxy S line. They want to launch it in 100 countries, and want to break a lot of records. So now Samsung is heading towards China, the World most populated country. Samsung is launching the Galaxy S in 3 different flavors, CDMA Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy S hits China in 3 different flavors !”
Huawei Enters Indian Mobile Phone Market
We just heard from Huawei that they are making their entry into India which is one of the fastest growing handset markets in the world. Today they launched a couple of Android handsets and couple of BREW based handsets in a event in Delhi. Continue reading “Huawei Enters Indian Mobile Phone Market”
Nokia 5132 for China Mobile
The Nokia 5132 might look very similar to the 5130 . Yes it does. But it’s headed to China Mobile and might come to other operators in Asia.
Looking the homscreen logo , this handset may be bundled with Pay-as-you-go plans. Continue reading “Nokia 5132 for China Mobile”
Apple finally releases the iPhone in China, WiFi-less
Finally, after a long 2 year wait, Apple has officially announced the Apple iPhone with Unicom as its official network provider. But, as it always is with Apple, the Chinese versions of the iPhone will be shipping without what may be it’s most important feature, WiFi.
Yes, apple have released a WiFi-less iPhone, something that I consider very important since the iPhone’s software is kinda designed to always work best on WiFi networks. But if you Chinese guys(and ladies) can live without WiFi then you can always pick them up at 4,999 yuan($730) and 6,999 yuan($1,025). This pricing is quite strange since a regular iPhone 3GS(with wifi) can easily be bought for $835 in the black.
But this WiFi-less version of the iPhone may soon disapear considering that this initial batch was built when the Chinese government had it’s WiFi ban in force and since this was recently lifted I guess it won’t be soon before we see WiFi coming to these chinese iPhones. Maybe this is why the folks over at 163.com are reporting that there aren’t many people rushing to buy the iPhones.
Sources:
http://mashable.com/2009/10/30/china-iphone-wifi/
Apple iPhone China launch on 1st October
Does anyone remember an earlier article stating that the Apple iPhone is due to release in China? It was also known that China Unicom would bring out the device along with Apple.Now the wait is finally over and China Unicom have announced the launch date for the Apple iPhone for the 1st of October. China Unicom is reported to have around 141 million subscribers of a total of 700 million Chinese cellphone users. The release of the iPhone should definitely give a good boost to the number of subscribers. Continue reading “Apple iPhone China launch on 1st October”
China Unicom and Apple bring iPhone to China , India is still waiting for 3GS
China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. has struck a deal with the hi-tech giant Apple for the first time that will grant it exclusive rights to sell iPhone in China for three whole years. The highly anticipated release of the iPhone in China is expected to be a boost for both Apple and Unicom as the mainland has about 687 million mobile phone users which is more than twice the U.S population. 
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Foxconn Employee Commits Suicide After Losing 4G iPhone Prototype
Mobile Phones are some of the consumer products with the greatest hype and thus most consumers love news, photos or any information regarding future phones and products. Many models of handsets are leaked to the public while some are kept secret till the moment of announcement.
One such example was the 1st Generation iPhone which was kept a secret till the last moment. Rumours were doing the rounds about the phone but nothing about the features or any photo leaked. Then when people began to write off the rumours, Apple made the announcement with a bang creating tremendous hype.
But today we hear the sad news and wonder whether all this secrecy is worth it. According to sources, 25 year old Sun Danyong, an employee at Foxconn committed suicide. The reason for this is because he lost a 4th Generation Prototype of the Apple iPhone which was entrusted to him to be shipped to Apple. Continue reading “Foxconn Employee Commits Suicide After Losing 4G iPhone Prototype”
Possible 5th Gen Apple iPod and 3 iPhone Variants Leaked
According to iLounge , the specs of the next gen iPhone and 5th Gen iPod have been leaked.
5th Gen Ipod
The ipod is illustrated above.
Major changes
- Wider Screen means change in aspect ratio(in landscape mode) , good news for all those cursing the 4th gen nano.
- Inbuilt Camera on the back – We guess VGA or 1.3 MP
- No touchscreen
- Smaller click wheel
Next Gen iPhone Rumors getting stronger
With the days nearing to the WWDC event the rumors just don’t stop coming.
iPhone 3.0
- Expected in 2 storage options (32GB and 64 GB )
- Might be 3 new variants ex:the nano, pro and pro extreme (for apple fanboys)
- We might finally get a cheaper iPhone as its the worst selling phone in India due to the insane price
- But the models for the various countries will be decided by apple.
- Macrumors reported that China is getting a Matte plastic iPhone
iPhone Flops in India now onto China
When the Indian phone fanatics came to know about the release of the Apple iPhone 3G in India, they are all were all excited and so was Apple who expected to see great sales in the largest cellphone market in the world.
But that was not to be the case. When the iPhone 3G was released on Vodafone and Airtel, it disappointed a lot of awaiting customers due to it’s high price of 700US$. Even the people who bought their iPhone 3Gs couldn’t use it fully due to the lack of 3G networks in India. A senior Airtel executive said that iPhone sales have yet to reach 20,000 handsets. Continue reading “iPhone Flops in India now onto China”
Reliance all set to enter GSM business after CDMA
We had covered long back in June 2006 about possibility of Reliance entering GSM business in India
Now Forbes is telling us that Huawei Technologies of China has won a 500 million USD contract from Reliance India for GSM Network hardware and installation and the contract spans 3 years. Airtel and Vodafone are battling it out already in the GSM space and State owned operators are facing losses. Will entry of Reliance make things worse for them ?
Regarding the CDMA scene in India , Reliance and Tata Indicom are the sole players and its a different ball game altogether.
Continue reading “Reliance all set to enter GSM business after CDMA”
Cigarette Packet Looking Mobile
Now this is something really interesting and will certainly interest chain smoking mobile handset users. You must be wondering why I am saying like this; I will tell you, a Chinese company has come up with a cheap $100 mobile which not only looks like a packet of cigarettes but also can hold up to 7 fags inside its casing. Continue reading “Cigarette Packet Looking Mobile”
Symbian opens office in China
Symbian committed to long-term investment in China
Beijing, China – January 16 2007 – At an official ceremony in Beijing, Symbian Limited today announced an office opening in China to support the growing business development and market operations of its licensees and ecosystem partners in the region. Symbian develops and licenses Symbian OS™, the market-leading open operating system for advanced, data-enabled mobile phones known as smartphones to the world’s leading handset manufacturers.
Sony Ericsson expands in-house manufacturing capacity in China
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has received Chinese Ministry of Commerce approval to take control of Beijing Suohong Electronics Co. Ltd. (BSE), a Sony China controlled manufacturing facility, by raising its share holding to 74.5%. The BSE site, which is 60% dedicated to the outsourced assembly of printed circuit boards for Sony Ericsson, will become an in-house manufacturing facility.
Beijing and London, 13th December 2005, — Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications has received Chinese Ministry of Commerce approval to take control of Beijing Suohong Electronics Co. Ltd. (BSE), a Sony China controlled manufacturing facility, by raising its share holding to 74.5%. The BSE site, which is 60% dedicated to the outsourced assembly of printed circuit boards for Sony Ericsson, will become an in-house manufacturing facility. Sony Ericsson will increase its stake in BSE from 10% to 74.5% through the acquisition of Sony China?s shares; local minority shareholders will remain unchanged.
Nokia expands mobile device production in China
Nokia today announced its plans to expand its mobile device production in Dongguan, China. This expansion will provide more capacity and flexibility to meet the growing market demand worldwide, especially China and Asia.
NOKIA PRESS RELEASE December 1, 2005
Nokia expands mobile device production in Dongguan, China
Facility to provide more capacity and flexibility to Asian markets
Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced its plans to expand its mobile device production in Dongguan, China. This expansion will provide more capacity and flexibility to meet the growing market demand worldwide, especially China and Asia.
Dongguan is a strategic location for Nokia’s global supply network for mobile devices. Increasing capacity in Dongguan will help Nokia to improve its competitive position in the fast-growing Chinese and Asian markets.
Nokia anticipates the factory expansion will begin production in the third quarter of 2006, and expects to ramp up gradually, with the work force reaching approximately 1900 employees when production is at full scale. The expanded production facilities will be located adjacent to Nokia’s existing facility.
“Our already well-established presence in Dongguan made the decision to expand the manufacturing facility easy. Dongguan is an elementary part of our global manufacturing network as a cost-efficient and well-functioning facility, and we believe that the expansion will further benefit our customers in the highly competitive and rapidly growing Chinese and Asian markets,” said Raimo Puntala, Senior Vice President, Operations and Logistics, Nokia.
Nokia currently has nine mobile device factories globally. In addition, the Nokia Chennai plant in India is planned to be operational in the first half of 2006. Nokia has six R&D units, four manufacturing sites and widespread operations in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The total number of Nokia employees in China area is nearly 6,000.
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