Chinese smartphone makers eye possible opening
By Ding Yining |
August 26, 2011, Friday
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The departure of Steve Jobs as chief executive officer of Apple Inc may open the door for Chinese smartphone makers to stake their positions in the keenly-contested domestic market as questions are raised about whether Apple can maintain its success here.
"Jobs was a 'core' product manager at Apple and his departure will create long-term opportunities for rival suppliers," Sun Peilin, a researcher at Beijing-based Analysys International, wrote in a note yesterday.
"It's still unsure whether Tim Cook as a successor can lead iPhone's product upgrade in the future. Motorola Mobility and other smartphones using the Android system may have their opportunity in the long run," he added.
In the second quarter of this year, Apple's revenue in China was US$3.8 billion, an annual growth of six times. During the quarter, Apple's iPhone sales in China increased five times.
China Unicom, Apple's official partner in China, has the largest number of iPhone users in the world outside the United States, CEO Chang Xiaobing said in Hong Kong on Wednesday, without disclosing the actual number.
A marketing official in Shanghai for China Unicom told Shanghai Daily yesterday Jobs' resignation is a personal issue and won't have impact on Apple's cooperation with Unicom.
The telco is offering subscribers a two-year contract and users who spend around 260 yuan per month will get a free iPhone 4, which normally costs 4,999 yuan (US$782.47).
China Unicom, however, is also partnering other smartphone makers like ZTE to offer a broader product portfolio.
The telco started selling ZTE's V880, costing less than 1,000 yuan (US$156), in June and by August 15 more than 350,000 units had been sold, helping Unicom to add 260,000 subscribers.
"We are very thankful to Steve Jobs' contribution to the smartphone and mobile broadband industry," Xie Daxiong, ZTE executive vice president, was quoted as saying in an e-mail yesterday.
He added that ZTE will use the spirit of innovation to play a more active role in communications, smart terminals and mobile broadband industry.
Domestic Internet giants including Alibaba and Tencent as well as start-up firms are also eager to exploit opportunities in the mobile Internet era.
Last month Alibaba said it teamed up with K-touch to launch a new smartphone model that is equipped with Alibaba's cloud computing operating system.
There were 68.9 million handsets sold in China in the second quarter, according to Analysys International.
Earlier this month, Xiaomi Corp unveiled its 1,999-yuan smartphone with its own applications based on Google's Android system.
"Jobs was a 'core' product manager at Apple and his departure will create long-term opportunities for rival suppliers," Sun Peilin, a researcher at Beijing-based Analysys International, wrote in a note yesterday.
"It's still unsure whether Tim Cook as a successor can lead iPhone's product upgrade in the future. Motorola Mobility and other smartphones using the Android system may have their opportunity in the long run," he added.
In the second quarter of this year, Apple's revenue in China was US$3.8 billion, an annual growth of six times. During the quarter, Apple's iPhone sales in China increased five times.
China Unicom, Apple's official partner in China, has the largest number of iPhone users in the world outside the United States, CEO Chang Xiaobing said in Hong Kong on Wednesday, without disclosing the actual number.
A marketing official in Shanghai for China Unicom told Shanghai Daily yesterday Jobs' resignation is a personal issue and won't have impact on Apple's cooperation with Unicom.
The telco is offering subscribers a two-year contract and users who spend around 260 yuan per month will get a free iPhone 4, which normally costs 4,999 yuan (US$782.47).
China Unicom, however, is also partnering other smartphone makers like ZTE to offer a broader product portfolio.
The telco started selling ZTE's V880, costing less than 1,000 yuan (US$156), in June and by August 15 more than 350,000 units had been sold, helping Unicom to add 260,000 subscribers.
"We are very thankful to Steve Jobs' contribution to the smartphone and mobile broadband industry," Xie Daxiong, ZTE executive vice president, was quoted as saying in an e-mail yesterday.
He added that ZTE will use the spirit of innovation to play a more active role in communications, smart terminals and mobile broadband industry.
Domestic Internet giants including Alibaba and Tencent as well as start-up firms are also eager to exploit opportunities in the mobile Internet era.
Last month Alibaba said it teamed up with K-touch to launch a new smartphone model that is equipped with Alibaba's cloud computing operating system.
There were 68.9 million handsets sold in China in the second quarter, according to Analysys International.
Earlier this month, Xiaomi Corp unveiled its 1,999-yuan smartphone with its own applications based on Google's Android system.
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