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| Apple iPhone 4S |
The Apple iPhone 4S smartphone went on sale today at Apple Store stores throughout mainland China & on China Unicom's (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) web-site.
Apple iPhone 4S handsets now on the market online through China Unicom are obtainable as a standalone gizmo with either 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB of internal memory, or at no cost for the handset under a 3-year contract at RMB 286 per month or higher for either the 16 or 32 GB version, or a every month rate of RMB 386 or higher in a 2-year contract for the 16 GB version. Consumers can pick a payment plan & buy a specific Apple iPhone 4S model at China Unicom's authorized online service middle, 10010.com.
A China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) spokesperson has revealed that support for both the new Siri speech recognition engine & iCloud cloud storage functions introduced with the Apple iPhone 4S will be obtainable through China Mobile's WLAN network, adding that current subscribers can now swap their present SIM card for personalized for full compatibility with the new Apple iPhone 4S features. A source at a China Mobile base in southern China has said that to mark the launch of the Apple iPhone 4S, the telecom operator recently developed a CMMB mobile TV player that China Mobile subscribers with an Apple iPhone 4S can download & use with additional hardware to get CMMB digital TV programming.
China's Ministry of Industry & Knowledge Expertise (MIIT) also published the network access permit for the CDMA version of the Apple iPhone 4S on its web-site today, as well as a Guangdong Telecom executive claimed that a CDMA version Apple iPhone 4S will soon reach the market. Industry speculation suggests that China Telecom (NYSE: CHA; 0728.HK) will launch the CDMA Apple iPhone 4S sometime in February.
Editor's Note: Sina Tech has reported in separate articles that the Apple iPhone 4S sales page on China Unicom's 10010.com customer support web-site was inaccessible for short periods this morning due to excess traffic, & also that the Joy City shopping mall in Beijing's Xidan district, limiting each customer to Apple iPhone 4S handsets apiece, sold four,000 units in the first hour of sales. Meanwhile, the Apple Store in Beijing's Sanlitun district cancelled its sales of the Apple iPhone 4S today following scuffles overnight between scalpers gathered outside the store.
Apple iPhone 4S handsets now on the market online through China Unicom are obtainable as a standalone gizmo with either 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB of internal memory, or at no cost for the handset under a 3-year contract at RMB 286 per month or higher for either the 16 or 32 GB version, or a every month rate of RMB 386 or higher in a 2-year contract for the 16 GB version. Consumers can pick a payment plan & buy a specific Apple iPhone 4S model at China Unicom's authorized online service middle, 10010.com.
A China Mobile (NYSE: CHL; 0941.HK) spokesperson has revealed that support for both the new Siri speech recognition engine & iCloud cloud storage functions introduced with the Apple iPhone 4S will be obtainable through China Mobile's WLAN network, adding that current subscribers can now swap their present SIM card for personalized for full compatibility with the new Apple iPhone 4S features. A source at a China Mobile base in southern China has said that to mark the launch of the Apple iPhone 4S, the telecom operator recently developed a CMMB mobile TV player that China Mobile subscribers with an Apple iPhone 4S can download & use with additional hardware to get CMMB digital TV programming.
China's Ministry of Industry & Knowledge Expertise (MIIT) also published the network access permit for the CDMA version of the Apple iPhone 4S on its web-site today, as well as a Guangdong Telecom executive claimed that a CDMA version Apple iPhone 4S will soon reach the market. Industry speculation suggests that China Telecom (NYSE: CHA; 0728.HK) will launch the CDMA Apple iPhone 4S sometime in February.
Editor's Note: Sina Tech has reported in separate articles that the Apple iPhone 4S sales page on China Unicom's 10010.com customer support web-site was inaccessible for short periods this morning due to excess traffic, & also that the Joy City shopping mall in Beijing's Xidan district, limiting each customer to Apple iPhone 4S handsets apiece, sold four,000 units in the first hour of sales. Meanwhile, the Apple Store in Beijing's Sanlitun district cancelled its sales of the Apple iPhone 4S today following scuffles overnight between scalpers gathered outside the store.
For more background on this topic, please see "China Unicom Announces iPhone 4S Contract Plans" MD 1/06/12 issue and "iPhone 4S to Launch in China on January 13" MD 1/05/12 issue.
