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CHINA Unicom has introduced the cheapest 3G package that the company ever offered, a 20-yuan (US$3.2) monthly package to woo the entry-level users. The 20-yuan package contains 200 minutes of talking time and 100 MB of 3G data services available on China Unicom’s website. The new 3G pre-paid card only limited for 100 thousand sets and each customer can only purchase 3 sets. It has quickly sold out within 12 hours and CHINA Unicom will distribute it to their customer by mail. The attractive price is expected to draw more new 3G users to China Unicom which is competing with China Mobile and China Telecom …
Recently, we have been hearing a lot rumors from many Chinese sources that various smartphones are going to launch in China pretty soon, including these three handsets — Samsung Galaxy S III, the quad-core Meizu MX and Nokia Lumia 900. So, here is a wrap up of what we heard so far.
China Telecom posted their first-quarter profit statement recently, indicated the iPhone that introduced back in March had boosted the cost and resulted with less income. Therefore, the carrier is launching a campaign in order to boost the sales of iPhone in Beijing.
According to the prediction from Chris Whitmore of Deutsche Bank, who says that the iPhone is “just getting started in China.” He believes Apple will have an enormous potential to increase sales in China, and came up with a new estimation claimed the sales of Apple’s iPhone could surpass 25 million in China this year and soar past 35 million in 2013.
HTC has been busy rolling out their One Series, and today the company continues with what they have left to do. Yup, HTC finally announced the trio of Dragons that they showed earlier this year at MWC. The Dragon series are specifically made for China, the three models will go on sale by the end of this month. Interestingly, each models will bundle with a different Chinese wireless provider.
There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news that have left behind because we are just too busy, there are stories on HTC China retails, Nvidia cheap tablet, Foxconn owning Sharp company and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: a young American entrepreneur explains how his craft beer business is booming in Beijing … Hope everyone have enjoyed your weekend and a fresh start to your week.
We were surprised when Tim Cook appeared at the Apple Store in Beijing and met Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang. Certainly, he still has more business to do in China. Yesterday, Tim Cook has visited Foxconn plant at Zhengzhou ! This is the main manufacturing plant for iPhone production line, which has employed 120,000 workers. And this morning, he will be meeting China Telecom. More info after the break.
There are so much news from China that passes by that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Here are the Chinese tech news we are lazy to post or left behind, there are stories on super computers, next-gen optical network, Apple and China, Chinese content from Flipboard and so on, check them out after the break. Video for this week: American television talk show reviews hilarious bra infomercial from China … Hope everyone have enjoyed your weekend and a fresh start to your week.
For those who are using Apple devices, do you download app while using your 3G network? Well, I assume most of you guys won’t, because all of us must know that will bust your data plan well before the end of the month. To ensure this is less likely to happen on us, Apple has a policy which disable iPhone and iPad to download apps larger that 50MB while on the 3G network. However, China Unicom has recently negotiated with Apple to lift its 3G app download limit from 20MB to unlimited.
With the number of mobile subscribers set to top 1 billion in China this year, Apple’s iPhone is getting a beat down courtesy of Samsung inside the Chinese market. Yup, despite landing deals with China Unicom and China Telecom, Apple has only a third of Samsung’s smartphone market share in China.
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