Nothing can stop, the frenzy of i-Phone4. According to reporter learned that the latest data, as of 7 pm yesterday, iPhone4 booking number has been over 100,000. A single brand and single model of mobile phone sales, this figure is staggering.
The world’s biggest technology company by market value is expanding in China, which overtook Japan last quarter to become the second-biggest economy globally. Demand from Chinese consumers for the iPhone, which faces competition from smartphones made by local vendors including Lenovo Group Ltd. and Huawei Technologies Co., has lagged behind expectations, according to Analysys International analyst Fang Li.
“The iPhone is expensive compared with other devices in the market,” Fang said today. “There are many smartphones that offer comparable features and performance, but are priced much less.”
China Unicom customers need to pay an initial 6,999 yuan for the 32-gigabyte iPhone 4 model, before getting the price fully or partly refunded during the course of a 2-year contract, the carrier said on its website. Unicom, Apple’s only carrier partner in China, started taking orders for the devices last week.
The pricing is expensive for chineses people. The iPhone 4 is less expensive in Hong Kong. You buy iPhone without contracts at 4,999 yuan ($743.6) in Apple retail stores but is cheaper in Hong Kong 4,999 yuan ($743.6) for the same model.
In the U.S., an iPhone 4 costs $199 to $299 with a two-year AT&T contract.
The iPhone 4 will be Apple's first smartphone to handle Wi-Fi connections in China from the time of its launch. China Unicom only began selling iPhone 3GS phones with Wi-Fi enabled in August , 10 months after it launched the older model.
Apple started selling the iPad in China last Friday, with prices running from 3988 yuan ($587) to 5588 yuan ($823).
Apple sells the iPad in its retail stores in China as well as at some authorized resellers. The company does not sell its products in China through an online store.
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