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middle of this month, Apple announced efforts to increase self-built channels, expansion of Founder Century, Changhong and ECS three companies identified China as the first Apple iPhone 4 distributors, to sell iPhone 4 bare metal.
just a few days later, China Unicom is also planning to price 4999 yuan of China Unicom 8G iPhone 3GS bare metal version of thousands of sales prices, price cuts price after the iPhone 3GS with the Apple store prices were flat, strong fresh apple store business.
iPhone 3GS 8GB price Unicom is expected to lead sales, on the other hand, is and Apple stores than the wrist's \
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August 9 this year, China Unicom with WiFi features the official version of iPhone 3GS 8GB listed. iPhone 3GS 8GB original tariff models can be divided into stand-alone purchase and 4,999 yuan from 96 yuan -886 yuan / month plan calls contract. If the user selects 96 yuan / month tariff, you need to pay the purchase cost of 2999 yuan, 226 yuan monthly spending commitments and in the network for two years, you can achieve 0 yuan purchase.
the same day, two Apple retail stores in their Beijing and Shanghai Pudong Apple Store Sanlitun, the price of 3,999 yuan to be sold with bare-metal models.
Apple stores the same product as 1,000 yuan cheaper, many Apple fans would prefer to buy in the Apple Guide bare metal; In addition, the parallel market, the U.S. version of iPhone 3GS 8GB lowest price 3,300 yuan; Hong Kong version about 3700-3800 yuan.
multi-channel spread led to unsatisfactory sales Unicom iPhone 3GS 8GB. Yesterday, this newspaper visited the province found that more than 联通营业厅, Unicom iPhone 3GS 8GB little interested, there are several business offices and even that does not sell iPhone 3GS 8GB contract plan, and no bare metal for sale.
\However, this data has not been officially confirmed Unicom.
to clean up as quickly as stocks, China Unicom, said Song Limei vice president sales, will increase the iPhone 3GS 8GB around Christmas promotional efforts, one iPhone 3GS 8GB straight down 1,000 yuan bare metal prices ; the second is to send phone calls to increase the share of sales model, that new subscribers to buy iPhone 3GS 8G version will also enjoy some bare return calls; the original stored way for mobile phone calls will remain unchanged.
the price adjustment is also currently the company level, China Unicom has not yet received a provincial official price notification. The Office of the online business of China Unicom, iPhone 3GS 8GB bare metal prices have marked as 4,999 yuan, the current price yet.
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Earlier, China Unicom is the sales contracts for more machines, Apple Guide sells bare metal, the two sides \Unicom now playing card selling price bare metal, in addition to clear inventory, but also in direct confrontation with Apple.
\not enough emphasis on the Chinese market, supply is not timely, resulting in sales affected. \
Unicom announced the latest version of Apple's iPhone sales are released in January this year, fiscal year 2010 season the hour. According to the company's CFO said the iPhone version of the total sales of China Unicom, \
12 13, Apple officially announced that Founder Century, Changhong, and ECS has identified three companies into China's first Apple iPhone 4 distributors to sell iPhone 4 bare metal, so that China Unicom \The only co-operators in the Mainland, \
Analysys International believes that, iPhone 4 bare metal in the domestic market has been long out of the state and Apple retail outlets in the country less online store shortages,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], difficult to meet the market demand. The addition of three new channels, channels of Apple in China will be more flexible, coverage will be more extensive. \
a new agent manager, said Apple's headquarters in the Greater China market seems to have no longer the past, only the second and third tier markets, the purchasing power of the Chinese market for Apple to show China saw potential, will become the source of Apple's new growth plans by Apple to 2012, Apple will open 25 in China flagship store.
formidable enemy, China Unicom must prove their sales. General Sales Manager of China Unicom said in Britain tao, as of now, China Unicom version of iPhone 4 million sales of close to, while the number of users has exceeded the total booking 1.3 million, the current user and each day to make an appointment at the rate of growth of 8000-10000 .
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