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China Mobile's iPhone Talks Have Included Steve Jobs

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While reports have surfaced claiming that Apple and China Mobile have struck a deal to bring the iPhone to the world's largest mobile phone carrier, the two companies have yet to confirm that such a deal is in place. But according to a new report from Reuters, China Mobile chairman Wang Jianzhou has confirmed that those talks have included Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
The world's largest mobile operator by subscribers said it has met with Apple chief executive Steve Jobs several times on introducing an iPhone based on its home-grown TDSCDMA network standard.

The companies hope to launch an iPhone as soon as possible, China Mobile's Chairman Wang Jianzhou said, without giving any timeframe.

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"I met Steve Jobs several times already, but we haven't come to an agreement yet," China Mobile's Wang told a news conference. "All I can say is, it's a common wish of China Mobile and Apple to come to an agreement as soon as possible."
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Bloomberg also reports that Wang has confirmed that Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook's visit to China Mobile in June was regarding a potential iPhone deal.

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The two companies have reportedly also already struck a deal to develop a future iPhone model based on China Mobile's homegrown 4G TD-LTE standard, a variant of the LTE standard that has been said to not be included in the iPhone 5.

China Unicom is currently the only official iPhone carrier in China, although both China Mobile and China Telecom are said to be working hard to strike deals for the device. China Unicom is apparently not sitting still on its current deal, however, as company executives have reportedly recently traveled to the United States to meet with Apple about the iPhone, potentially securing a deal for the upcoming iPhone 5.

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If Apple releases an iPhone on China Mobile, Apple's marketshare is going to skyrocket.
 
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Hold on to your shares people there about to double!
 
Jobs is a driven guy. I'm not being critical - it's how he got Apple to where it is today.

I just hope he is not totally sacrificing his health by his continued active involvement in company affairs. I know someone else is supposed to be handling day-to-day operations - but Jobs still very involved.

I know it's his baby, but I'm not sure it's worth dying for.
 
Shrink said:
Jobs is a driven guy. I'm not being critical - it's how he got Apple to where it is today.

I just hope he is not totally sacrificing his health by his continued active involvement in company affairs. I know someone else is supposed to be handling day-to-day operations - but Jobs still very involved.

I know it's his baby, but I'm not sure it's worth dying for.
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He is who he is. He'll work until he can't, because he loves it. We all die some time. Staying active can help your mental approach when you are ill, and attitude is one of the most important factors in survival. Death is coming for us all.
 
I don't see why this is surprising.

IIRC didn't someone say that he was still making all of the major decisions at apple and probably doing as much work as a usual CEO would do? Just usually when he's healthy he overworks himself so much.

I know no one wants to hear it, but I hope he doesn't work himself to death.
 
tmerritt530 said:
Whats up with the status bar clock in those iphone images, China gets a different clock?
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Those Chinese characters indicate antemeridian or postmeridian time. They're just localization strings in the code.

If you changed the default language to Russian, you'd probably get Cyrillic characters instead.
 
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Shrink said:
Jobs is a driven guy. I'm not being critical - it's how he got Apple to where it is today.

I just hope he is not totally sacrificing his health by his continued active involvement in company affairs. I know someone else is supposed to be handling day-to-day operations - but Jobs still very involved.

I know it's his baby, but I'm not sure it's worth dying for.
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The man has my respect that's for sure.
 
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cmon china mobe ... stop nickle and diming and - just do it

"Excuse me, I have a pink beard..." Dimebag Darrell (r.i.p) - pantera
 
Wow, when you skip over the work "talks" in the headline, it kind of changes the meaning of the phrase... in a creepy way...

Update: Oh FFS, do lighten up... It's a joke about my lack of careful reading skills, nothing to vote UP nor DOWN... Sheesh...
 
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entatlrg said:
The man has my respect that's for sure.
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Well, he has my respect as a businessman, but - and I know I'll probably get many negative votes for this - from what I've seen he doesn't seem to be a very nice man at all, and I have little respect for him as a person.

Having said that I hope he can recover and get healthy and on all cylinders again.
 
davie18 said:
Well, he has my respect as a businessman, but - and I know I'll probably get many negative votes for this - from what I've seen he doesn't seem to be a very nice man at all, and I have little respect for him as a person.

Having said that I hope he can recover and get healthy and on all cylinders again.
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Those about to be flamed, I salute you!

I agree with you.

Braced for impact.
 
Shrink said:
Jobs is a driven guy. I'm not being critical - it's how he got Apple to where it is today.

I just hope he is not totally sacrificing his health by his continued active involvement in company affairs. I know someone else is supposed to be handling day-to-day operations - but Jobs still very involved.

I know it's his baby, but I'm not sure it's worth dying for.
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it's not like he's out there mining coal. making some phone calls taking a few meetings here and there won't kill him. most of the stuff he can do laying in bed. not meetings, well unless it's an FaceTime one.

that deal should sell a lot of iPhones. they were already in china but this deal would be much bigger than the one that gave the iPhone to verizon!!
 
jaison13 said:
it's not like he's out there mining coal. making some phone calls taking a few meetings here and there won't kill him. most of the stuff he can do laying in bed. not meetings, well unless it's an FaceTime one.

that deal should sell a lot of iPhones. they were already in china but this deal would be much bigger than the one that gave the iPhone to verizon!!
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Physical exertion is not the only form of stress having negative physiological impact.

Emotional stress, sleep deprivation, and the like have deleterious physiological impact, too.
 
If anything, I believe no deal has been made because either the coverage or performance does not suffice. Steve job is a prick when it comes to making products that run how they are supposed to when they are supposed to. The price too must be an issue, but still good to know that apple won't release something just to make a buck. It's all about the product.
 
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