Unicom said the iPhone New Deal does not involve monopoly

BigNews.Biz – Dec 09,2010 – After the implementation of China Unicom New Deal, consumers have severely questioned this New Deal. The person in charge of China Unicom, in an interview yesterday, said the new policy in line with international practice is not a monopoly. Insiders said that China Unicom is the purpose of the imposition of severe Deal Apple iPhone 4 against those who profit from selling unpacked single “cattle”, but behind the New Deal is the operator of the competition for Apple iPhone 4, the main reason is At present, the lack of high-end smart phones.
According to media reports, sales vice president of China Unicom, said Song Limei, China Unicom’s cell phone on the iPhone to the high cost of subsidies, so this offer must have a subsidy policy is a contract both parties agreed conditions, this is from 2G to 3G, from international to domestic operators a practice approach, China Unicom is not a monopoly. Meanwhile, Song Limei, said user if you want to use the services of other operators, in fact, can go to the store to buy Apple iPhone bare metal, not only choose plan of China Unicom’s iPhone contracts, while stressing the UIM Song Limei not mean to use physical separation but the separation of the use of communication behavior. According to insiders, China Unicom launched the New Deal is not the first binding machine cards, overseas operators have long been the case, especially the United States AT & T and Softbank.
Apple’s dominance is not a good thing
Insiders said that China Unicom, the strict implementation of the New Deal, the purpose is to ensure the introduction of their own with a huge price for his Apple iPhone can bring more high-end customers. There is no doubt, iPhone is Apple really made a great success, the data show, Apple in the third quarter net profit of 43.1 billion U.S. dollars, an increase of 70%.
Cell phone industry analyst firm – Warring Yang Qun, chief analyst believes that to the current market from selling iPhone, Apple iPhone’s market can be described as very successful packaging and hype, and the current line up of many users to make a booking in China Unicom’s iPhone4, it is Apple’s “hunger marketing” will bring results, showing a high-end smart phones, “Apple’s dominance of a” situation. From the cell phone development history, the dominance of Apple is not a good thing, first of all deprived of the right of consumer choice, and secondly, for the industry is not favorable.
Smart giants targeting the Chinese market
Yang Qun, told reporters that Apple’s iPhone is so hot just from the reflection of the domestic high-end smart phone market there is a huge potential (wholesale iphone cases). IDC released a report in November this year, said that in the third quarter of the global smartphone sales grew 89.5%, much higher than the total cell phone sales volume grew 14.6%. Meanwhile, with the advancement of 3G (smartphone 3g), China’s smart phone market potential is greater and therefore including Motorola (smartphone gps), Nokia and China native of cool, Huawei, the Chinese have targeted high-end smart phone market.
It is understood that, as of now, Motorola has introduced 11 high-end smart phones. Cool Pad, as domestic manufacturer, in December will launch its first ultra-high-end android cell phone N930.
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