Comments on: The iPhone launches in China today, seems to arouse little interest (pictures from Beijing) [UPDATE]

By: Lilo

Lilo — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:38:46 +0000

what ??
All made stuff in china ?

By: Sir Henry

Sir Henry — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 13:51:52 +0000

“iPhone are expected to touch 60,000 to 70,000 in China this month. ”

General Failure! for APPLE.

By: james

james — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:39:01 +0000

Certainly no surprise. The Chinese government pretends that they can’t do anything about it.

By: MoneyLinksOnline.com

MoneyLinksOnline.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:04:38 +0000

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By: Law

Law — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:46:20 +0000

then just buy them anywhere in Hong Kong

By: puja

puja — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:47:19 +0000

original HK iPhones update without problems. I own one and updated several times already. It’s just the unlocked US iPhones which cost a bit less.

By: puja

puja — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:44:26 +0000

Anf I forgot about the lack of WiFi in the Unicom iPhone – in a city like Beijing, where any Coffee Shop has free WiFi

By: puja

puja — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:42:23 +0000

The main reason nobody stands in line in Beijing:
The iPhone is available here for quite some time now. So most people who really wanted one, already have a legally unlocked Hongkong version iPhone (some have cracked US versions) they can use with any SIM worldwide, especially with the far more widespread China Mobile network (even if it’s only EDGE) even with prepaid cards (like I do).
Also the prices you get in the Tech Market in Beijing are even lower than the prices at China Unicom with contract. So even if I wanted the 3G network, I still would get an unlocked phone and the contract separately.

By: Tech

Tech — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:46:42 +0000

They’ve had fake iphones in China for a long time now.

By: oncerest

oncerest — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:47:50 +0000

reason is simple, apple is not cool, and overpriced. nokia is cool in china.

By: oncerest

oncerest — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:45:15 +0000

for that people queuing up to buy stuff, sometimes it just a set up, they hire some to queue there ,to make a buzz, and drive media attention.

By: Momar Jahihti

Momar Jahihti — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:48:19 +0000

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By: MoneyLinksOnline.com

MoneyLinksOnline.com — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:42:11 +0000

Wow. Ignorance truly is bliss.

By: Momar Jahihti

Momar Jahihti — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:36:40 +0000

I knew it. Thanks for proving my point Money!

By: Nathan J. Brauer

Nathan J. Brauer — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:25:20 +0000

See my previous post.

By: gareth

gareth — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:15:01 +0000

It would be very interesting to know specifically why the Chinese haven’t fallen for the iPhone. Maybe its a cultural thing. Their must be a solid reason for it. Unless its based on the economy.

By: Barney

Barney — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:36:17 +0000

3G is too expensive comparing to resident’s income in China. Average young people has a salary range around 3000 RMB. There is no data plan offering unlimited web access from China Unicom.

The cheapest package cost 96 RMB/Month with only 300MB data. The most expensive package cost 886 RMB/Month with 3GB data. ($1=6.82RMB) For exceeding traffic, 0.3 RMB for 1MB. No matter how much money you are willing to pay, you can only get maximum of 6G traffic per month, then your data connectivity is shut down until next month.

To get a plan is easy. But all these plan looks ridiculous to me. It is not only expensive, but also not usable. Tons of money will fly away if you watch videos under these package.

Regarding the iphone, without wifi and with the packages provided above, the iphone basically has no connectivity.

Even for the fans, better plan is to buy a wifi-enabled iphone from Hongkong, try the cheapest package or just wait for a more reasonable package in future.

Final point regarding app store, it will not work in China just like iTune. People will use the free pirate one instead of paying for it.

By: no no

no no — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:31:03 +0000

Yep. You got it! Em’ feather wearing chief dudes from the movies!!! You also see them in cartoons aswell!!

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:07:30 +0000

China has a lote of fake products, so it might not be a big deal

By: B O Double G

B O Double G — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:19:23 +0000

Isn’t it funny how china makes these phones but the last one to receive them? Sounds like what my parents told my of russian communist growing up, the person that makes the product is the last one to receive it.

By: MoneyLinksOnline.com

MoneyLinksOnline.com — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:21:03 +0000

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By: David Yee

David Yee — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:13:22 +0000

I just bought me TWO iphones. They say the iphone will become outdated real fast and will expire. Therefore, I bought a second one in case the first one expires. I keep my reserve iphone in the box and will use it when the first one becomes obsolete.

By: Xu

Xu — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:06:54 +0000

Wow, this dude is ranting about Indians, as in those feather-wearing Indians in cowboy and indian movies? LOL LOL

By: asad

asad — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:15:28 +0000

nice day to china .. but its manufacturer in china and why this is opening so late.

By: DT

DT — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:07:58 +0000

As for me, I wouldn’t want arms that looked like a bear’s arms. ;)