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Tim Cook Shows Up in Beijing, Reportedly Meeting with Carrier Partners

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Sina.com notes [Google translation] that Apple CEO Tim Cook has been spotted in Beijing today, taking time on his trip to visit the Xidan Joy City retail store and pose for pictures with customers.

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The purpose of Cook's trip to Beijing has not been confirmed, but the report suggests that he is meeting with top officials at Apple's iPhone carrier partners including China Unicom and China Telecom. The iPhone launched for the first time on China Telecom earlier this month, breaking China Unicom's exclusivity on official availability of the device.

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Cook was also seen at China Mobile's headquarters last June before officially taking the reins as CEO of Apple. But China Mobile, the world's largest mobile phone carrier, has yet to begin offering the iPhone.

Update: Marketwatch reports on comments from an Apple spokeswoman sharing that Cook had "great meetings" with unnamed officials regarding Apple's plans for increased investment in China.
Cook "had great meetings with Chinese officials today. China is very important to us and we look forward to even greater investment and growth here," said Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu. She declined to give further details on the meetings.
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LimeiBook86

LimeiBook86

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Nice to see Tim around and about. And very nice of him to pose for photos. Steve would be the one to go out of his way not pose for pictures. :p
 
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barkomatic

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If you didn't know he was an Apple CEO he appears to be just another customer-nothing flashy, not even a black turtleneck(thankfully).

Ok, maybe not your average customer in China.
 
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MediaFrezy

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Tim Cook Mistake.

Tim Cook is awesome. He has taken hold of Apple and I hate to say it may not be long before people will say "Steve, who?" I know... blasphemes right?

It is great to see him out. I think it shows great leadership.

But to show up in a LiveStrong breaker jacket? Lounge around your house in the LiveStrong jacket but here – show up with an Apple on the pocket or nothing at all on the jacket. And he doesn't need to mimic Steve Jobs. That only sets him up to look like a company man and not his own persona.

It's all about brand association and brand value. The fact is, Tim Cook is now as much a "brand" of Apple as any other item coming out of Apple. Be it to the A5 core.
 
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j-traxx

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Clown Boy said:
Money obviously cannot buy style, class or looks.

Poor guy.
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you do realize every insult you rail at cook is an insult to the vision of steve jobs who saw it fit to endorse tim to lead apple. Everyone at apple is in great hands with tim. Steve Jobs the genius thought so.
 
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JHankwitz

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You'd think that iPhone sales in China would be limited because wages and cost of living make the iPhone relatively more expensive to purchase there.

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JBytes said:
Um, I hope Proview was part of the conversation.
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Who's Proview, and why should they be part of the conversation with telecoms?
 
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