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Fuzzy Logic Report: 400,000 unlocked iPhones in China – at least!
Fuzzy Logic Report: 400,000 unlocked iPhones in China – at least! | Report: 400,000 unlocked iPhones in China – at least! |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Monday, 18 February 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 2 MacDailyNews continued quoting In-Stat’s Zheng, saying: “Secondly, high-end handset buyers significantly outnumber high-end mp3 player buyers. We estimate that 20% of handsets sold in China in 2007 cost more than 4,000 RMB (US$533). In another words, there are an estimated 28 million potential users for the iPhone in China”. Continuing, Zheng said that: "Also, the trend toward the mobile Internet will drive handset makers to deliver more smartphone models. More Internet applications, such as social networking, maps, search, and e-mail, will be developed for smartphones, and these will make the iPhone and other smartphones more attractive to mobile users who like to use their handsets to pass the time”. Finally, Zheng ended with: “In turn, the mobile Internet will become a new selling point for smartphones, and drive up sales. Taking the long view, In-Stat believes that the smartphone is evolving into a increasingly wide range of mobile devices, where cellular voice communications are just one function of the converged appliance”. All China Mobile have to do now is to decide whether or not they’re happy to keep all those iPhone calling and data revenues for themselves, or whether there’s any merit in further sharing them with Apple. Given that there are more than a billion people in China, 400,000 iPhones is but a drop in the bucket – but not every Chinese citizen is wealthy enough to buy an iPhone, let alone any other expensive phone, with plenty of much cheaper Chinese brand phones on the market. Still, it demonstrates the insatiable demand the iPhone has generated, with plenty of people in countries around the world either waiting for Apple to introduce there – or get release the long-awaited and much desired 3G iPhone model.
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