The iPhone has just launched in China, to tepid demand, “subdued” sales, and high, high prices. For the first time, the Jesus Phone seems not to be storming the burning fields.
AppleInsider has reported that reports from around the nation did not indicate significant demand for the phone. Of course, the iPhone in China has been crippled, having its WiFi removed. This was of course due to a Chinese government restriction on standards, which could change in the future.
But, it would seem that the largest and most constant miff with the device is its high price. The phone costs a stunning $1000 dollars without a contract in China, a stiff price increase over the $600 that the phone costs in the United States unsubsidized.
That high price combined with the current economic state of the world, and crippled connectivity have turned what could have been the biggest launch of the iPhone so far, into a flop.
Of course, Apple could turn this around by cutting prices, and promising to get the WiFi working, but those measures would take time. For now witness the rare misstep in the life of the iPhone, and the even rarer misstep in the launch of an Apple product.
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So 24 hrs the thing is on sale and you call it a flop? Common pls……. You said the same crap about iPhone sales in Japan. Look where they are now #1 for six months
the reason it flopped is that Chinese have had unlocked jailbroken iPhones for quite some time.
This sounds like a very usual approach from Apple to international sales: we see exactly the same in Russia so now the retailers Apple contracted here are desperately trying to do something with all the unsold devices – and who will buy them at even more than $1k, especially knowing the real price?
I hate Apple and I have sworn to never buy anything Apple, full stop. But as much as I hate them, I am still constantly shocked by their sheer stupidity and audacity. How can they possibly to sell phone to a developing economy for three times the American price level? Note to Apple: Ferrari you are NOT. That, and Shan-zhai fake iphones can be much better than Apple think. A phone isn’t exactly a supercomputer.
It takes time for people to start showing off apps. That is something shanzhaiji can’t match.
Also price. I think ppl will buy netbooks given a choice. So little people have computers there as of now
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The launch was, in Apple terms, a disaster. The phone is crippled and is far overpriced. Sales did not materialize.
I stand by the post.
Also, I covered the Japan launch? I can’t recall, could you link me?