“Analysts are buzzing this morning with speculation that Apple will soon announce a deal with China Mobile,” Jack Purcher reports for Patently Apple.
“China.org quotes Anand Ramachandran, a telecoms analyst at Barclays in Singapore stating that ‘The circumstances and the issues that were a hindrance in the past seem to be getting resolved. So I think there’s a higher probability that potentially there’s something in the works,’ between Apple and China Mobile,” Purcher reports. “The buzz continues as KGI’s analyst weighs in on the an Apple-China-Mobile deal this year.”
Purcher reports, “Today, iDownloadBlog reports that KGI Securities’ Ming-Chi Kuo predicts that the new iPhone, speculatively called the 5C, will be debuting on China Mobile’s network in early Q4.”
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Aha. Now we know what the Gold iPhone 5S is all about. Gold is big color in China. Good play Tim, if true.
yeah right! Timmy still cannot close the deal China Mobile. If Apple
and China Mobile still don’t have any deal by years end, guess what
Timmy should do? QUIT? RETIRE?
Idiot!
Tim Cook Ass Kisser!
You’re just an ass? 😛
Certainly Tim has had more than enough time to seal this deal. If not, take a hike Tim.
You just do not get it.
Apple needs China. Apple does not need China Mobile.
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No crap apps preinstalled on the iPhone.
No China Mobile logo on the outside of the iPhone.
Take it or leave it. If CM does not like it, well…
It will just take a little longer for the other Chinese phone companies that do carry the iPhone to eat China Mobile for lunch. 😎
Don’t feed the troll.
“You just do not get it.
Apple needs China. Apple does not need China Mobile.”
Now that makes a lot of sense.
Go sell some shoes instead of analyzing Apple.
“…a higher probability that potentially there’s something in the works…”
Okay, now we’re getting somewhere!
So MAYBE there’s POSSIBILITY without GUARANTEES, something MIGHT happen?
Definitely.
(Yawn) How many times have we heard about this pending “Apple-China Mobile” deal? Wake me up when it happens…
The iPhone 5China…
You may be onto something, maybe the C is for China!
Face it: you’re a fanboy (or a troll). Otherwise, you wouldn’t hang out here. We drool over every rumor, every technical tidbit about Apple. We dream of what could be from Jonathan Ive and his team, both for hardware and software.
Often however, what makes a company dynamic (and profitable) is not just a sexy new product or slick app. In the case of Apple, it can also be a hard won deal with a movie studio, a record company or in the case of China Mobile, a major telco opening the door to hundreds of millions of potential customers.
Negotiations for a deal of this size can drag on for years. Both sides want to win and be profitable. Size can breed hubris and arrogance. Lawyers and financial experts from both sides can get locked into a dragged out stalemate. I can only imagine the efforts to make a deal of this size happen would boggle our minds.
For Apple, to secure distribution rights with China Mobile would be as big an announcement as a splashy new product. Increasingly, China has become crucial to the company’s growth, and my hunch is that rumors of a low-cost iPhone, and even a champagne-colored iPhone are indicative of the efforts Apple is making to secure a deal with China Mobile.
As a stockholder, my fingers are crossed. If Apple can win this deal, all of us should congratulate Tim Cook and his team on being persistent for so many years in making it happen.
“and my hunch is that rumors of a low-cost iPhone, and even a champagne-colored iPhone are indicative of the efforts Apple is making to secure a deal with China Mobile.”
Just Wrong.
It’s not because of “China Mobile”.
No crap apps preinstalled on the iPhone.
No China Mobile logo on the outside of the iPhone.