17 Jan 2014
APPLE LANDS IN CHINA. CHINA MOBILE LAUNCHES SALES iPhone
They left China iPhone sales compatible with China Mobile, the largest mobile operator in the country. After consultation with the smallest Unicom, the Cupertino giant has signed, after six years of waiting, a landmark agreement to expand into a fast-growing market. At the moment Apple has a market share of just 3.5% of China’s smart phone market, where competition is not only suffers from Samsung, at 18.5%, but of its own products smuggled from abroad or counterfeit versions of their . The price of an iPhone 5s with 16 gigabytes of memory (5,288 yuan, about $ 867) and ‘however still too high for a mass clientele.