Apple reaches deal to bring iPhone to China Mobile

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

MARLEY SEAMAN

NEW YORK (AP) - Apple says it has reached a deal to bring the iPhone to China Mobile, the world's biggest phone carrier.

The deal ends a lengthy courtship and could boost sales of the iPhone in China. The iPhone, once hugely popular in China, has been eclipsed by the rise of lower-priced rival smartphones from Samsung and Chinese companies entered the market.

The iPhone 5S and 5C will go on sale in Apple stores and China Mobil stores beginning Friday, Jan. 17. China Mobil customers can register for phones starting Wednesday Dec. 25.

The companies didn't announce pricing or the terms of the agreement.

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In this Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, file photo, Chinese employees cheer a customer after he bought a new iPhone at an Apple store in Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing. Apple says Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, it has reached a deal to bring the iPhone to China Mobile, the world’s biggest phone carrier. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

[MyNameGoesHere]

1. Awesome now those Foxconn workers can get a phone they actually made.

might only cost them 6 months salary.

[Left Coast2020]

2. You are correct.

About six months--perhaps more to buy one. But it depends on the what their doing since their salary is somewhat on the low side.

I bought a Motorola phone when I was there simply because I wanted to show sales clerk I was loyal to my "brand" as opposed to Chinese names like Nuoio, Acer or Dingxin.

Not appealing product names to me.

[MyNameGoesHere]

3. Sometimes I feel like a Dingxin

although I am sure it has a different meaning