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Alleged China Mobile iPhone 4 Prototype Spotted
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Are you completely blind to the white swirly logo in the upper right?
Damn! And on an Apple rumors site too?!?! Who'd a thunk it?!
I think you mean Gizmodo.
Lulz.
You get some serious forum milage out of that one aapl share you inherited. You don't get paid a dividend on your share and there's no way you'd sell your one talking point. So tell me again why this is significant to you?
There are other Apple shareholders in this forum besides cvaldes. And it's interesting to all of us tracking Apple closely even if for no other reason than curiousity. This isn't an "Apple USA Products" rumor site.
The fact that I'm traveling to China next month and debating a possible move there one day makes it interesting as well.
A black plastic frame surounds every iPhone 4 screen. Then around that is the metal....which you can clearly see on the left.
Something isn't right with that picture.
If any one who has a iphone 4; look at your face time camera and then look at that one, its right out of proportion, also look at the edge of the iphone on the right compared to the top left, looks like two different picture.
If any one who has a iphone 4; look at your face time camera and then look at that one, its right out of proportion, also look at the edge of the iphone on the right compared to the top left, looks like two different picture.
Wow, solipsism much? Makes it interesting to you perhaps, but why you thought you had to share that tidbit with the rest of us is beyond me.
@Dooger:
Gecktotek is correct. There are others here who are shareholders, some of whom even mention it in their signature.
Note that even if you aren't a shareholder, how Apple conducts its business outside of the United States is significant because that international revenue contributes to Apple's coffers. They have 70 billion in cash which can be used for strategic investments in securing components, as well as M&A (Siri, P.A. Semi, Intrinsity, etc.).
Beyond the sheer revenue numbers, there are also partnerships with other companies that may affect domestic operations.
For example, Vodafone is the world's largest mobile phone company (by revenue); they are the official iPhone carrier in many markets around the planet. Well, it just so happens that they are half-owner of Verizon Wireless (the other half is owned by Verizon Communications). It's very probable that the Vodafone partnership helped bring the iPhone to Verizon Wireless.
Regardless of whether or not you're a current shareholder, reading Apple's SEC filings provides helpful insight into how the company is operated. A conscientious investor studies these documents before choosing whether or not to invest in a company.
Different audience.What I want to know is if the average Chinese worker makes a $300 a month... how can they afford an iPhone?
The iPhone would be marketed to China's high-end consumers, not the ordinary factory worker.
China also manufactures boatloads of cheapo handsets that are targeted to the mass market.
You think everyone who works at Boeing has a 747 in their driveway?
people,
it is just another iPhone4 for us, looking at it....
the innards are a bit different.... now please remain seated, restrained and keep your iPads dry
great for china and aapl
it is just another iPhone4 for us, looking at it....
the innards are a bit different.... now please remain seated, restrained and keep your iPads dry
great for china and aapl
This is very significant for Apple and last I checked, this site is not a Western-centric MacRumorsUSA. News of an impending, soon-to-be-released iPhone 4 running on the world's largest mobile phone carrier is a very big deal.
If you truly are an Apple enthusiast or follower, regardless of whether you are an AAPL shareholder or your political beliefs, I am quite sure you will agree.
And you speak for "the rest of us"? Sorry....don't think so. I was giving only one example amongst what could easily be many examples of why others might be interested in an iPhone in China.
Get over yourself.
Care to provide tips to someone heading over there? I'm getting the Gevey Ultra sim so I'll be planning to pick up a sim card over there w/ some data.
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Thanks for that. In your race to judge my small worldedness you went and proved your own. I don't live in nor give a toss about the USA.
Tsk tsk, you can't just assume that we're all the same as you, bro.
Cvaldes, you misunderstand. Please read again. You say it's significant to you (because of that one share we keep hearing about), but I don't see why. Again, you don't get a dividend and we all know you'll never sell that one share you cherish so much, so what difference does it make to you at all?
On the contrary, you're the one assuming that because it's not important to you that it's not important to anyone else.
And my lack of paying attention to where you are located does not make me "small worlded" (wtf does that mean anyway?) It just makes me lazy, innattentive, or I just don't give a crap (which is true).
it's a regular iPhone with a CMCC sticker. Big deal...
Move along ppl, nothing new to see here.
BTW, horrible picture quality. I bet it has been taken with an iPhone...
Move along ppl, nothing new to see here.
BTW, horrible picture quality. I bet it has been taken with an iPhone...
China Mobile's 3G implementation uses TD-SCDMA which is similar to WCDMA but not dependant upon western patented technology (or that was the plan at least).
China Unicom own the WCDMA(UMTS) network in China, China Telecom's (confusing isn't it) 3G network is CDMA2000.
They're all ultimately owned by the state, though a proportion of their shares are publicly traded on the Hong Kong Exchange.
