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How Apple and iPhone Blew It in China

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:11:21 -0500

Shaun Rein of the China Market Research Group submits:

This commentary originally appeared in Forbes.

Rumor has it that only 5,000 iPhones have been sold in China since the device's Oct. 30 debut. What happened? Apple's (AAPL) partner in China, China Unicom (CHU), had predicted sales of 5 million in the first few years. Many analysts argue the iPhone's high price (the 16 gigabyte 3GS model goes for about $730 up front) is stopping Chinese consumers from buying. Is that really the explanation?

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Motorola's Droid Comes in Peace - For Now

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:16:42 -0500

Carl Howe (Blackfriars Communications) submits:

It seems like these aren’t the Droids they were looking for.

Having blogged about the Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, and iPhone 3GS launches, I walked up to the Boston Verizon Wireless store on Washington Street this lunchtime looking for long lines and a carnival atmosphere for its Droid phones that went on sale at 7 am. Sadly, it wasn’t to be. I arrived at the store, asked the greeter to see a ‘Droid, and waltzed right in. In the store with me were about 25 people who were playing with Droids, and about 5 or 6 people buying them. That was it.

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China Telecom to procure 50-80 million CDMA handsets in 2010, says VIA Telecom CEO

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:35:17 -0500

China Telecom plans to procure 50-80 million CDMA handsets in 2010, of which 70% will be inexpensive models with average sales prices of 200 yuan (US$29), to meet expected demand from new subscribers mainly in rural areas, according to Ker Zhang, CEO of Taiwan-based 3G IC design house VIA Telecom, which supplies handset solutions to the carrier.

Telecom carriers still pushing for LTE deployment despite adoption of HSPA+ technology

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 02:16:00 -0500

Telecom carriers around the globe have continued to push forward the deployment of LTE networks despite a growing interest among WCDMA players to upgrade their systems to HSPA+ as a stopgap before committing fully to rolling out LTE, according to industry sources in Taiwan.

Ichia October revenues fall short of expectation, says paper

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:54:04 -0500

Handset keypad and flexible PCB maker Ichia Technologies saw October revenues fall short of market expectations due to slower-than-expected keypad orders from clients in Korea, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.