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| iPhone 5 Gets Clearance for Official Launch in China Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:30 PM PST
The iPhone 5 handset is on track for its planned December launch in Greater China, after receiving all the official clearance it needs. The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the device now has all the needed network access license and China Telecom is also mentioned in the article.
China Telecom supported the timeline that Apple CEO Tim Cook proposed for a Chinese launch earlier this month. They agreed that a December debut was OK and China Telecom has a pretty big upper hand here, offering the handset earlier than its rivals. China Unicom has been unsure of when the handset will reach its network, especially if its rival already negotiated some exclusive deal. In China Android smartphones have a huge market share, no less than 90% from what I understood, at least applied to the sales from the last months. If Apple wants to make a dent in that they will have to rush the debut of the iPhone 5 in the country with the largest population in the world. It would be a sort of disaster if the latest iPhone fails to arrive before Christmas, so they should speed up the process. Hopefully the carrier mentioned above will keep prices decent. Related posts:
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| Baidu Cloud Phone Supports Dual Mode GSM/CDMA; Specs and Pics Here! Posted: 29 Nov 2012 11:59 AM PST
We’ve been hearing talks about a Baidu Phone for a while now, almost two years now, but nothing palpable came up till now. This year we found out that the mobile was going to be based on Android, or better said a modified version of the OS. So, here we go, this is what the smartphone looks like:
It’s supposed to debut soon, through a cooperation with China Telecom, a local Chinese carrier. It will come with a bunch of Baidu-specific applications and it will serve to push the Baidu Cloud service. Baidu is dubbed “the Google of China”, since it’s a search engine giant and it offers its own apps and services. As far as specs go, the Baidu Cloud Phone packs a 4.5 inch 540 x 960 pixel display, a 1.2 GHz dual core CPU and a 5 megapixel camera. There’s also support for dual mode dual standby CDMA/GSM connectivity. Sadly we don’t have a specific release date for this model, or any pricing details. This sounds like a midrange product, rather than a high end device, so I guess we’ll be sticking with our love for the Meizu MX2 or the Xiaomi MI-2, two fantastic handsets from China, with very good specs and designs.
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