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<title>China Unicom reaches 300,000 pre-orders for iPhone 5 debut</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/11/figure.achieved.in.under.a.week.sales.to.commence.friday/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355210804_Apple-iPhone5-China.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[China's second-largest carrier, China Unicom, has announced on its Sina Weibo blog that it has already reached 300,000 pre-orders for the iPhone 5, four days ahead of its retail debut and four days after it began accepting pre-orders. The company reported that 100,000 reservations had been taken on the first full day of pre-ordering, and it reached 200,000 pre-orders on the second day. Though the...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China Unicom takes over 200K iPhone 5 reservations</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/06/phone.falls.to.sixth.place.in.chinese.market/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1349717772_iphone5-blackback.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[China Unicom has already recorded over 200,000 reservations for the iPhone 5, the carrier has announced.  It hit the mark in just two days, doubling the 100,000 achieved during the first day.  Unicom is also saying that it will offer a full subsidy for the handset, but with a minimum deposit of 5,899 RMB (about $947 US) for a 16GB model.  That money will be refunded on a monthly basis, with the ex...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chinese preorder 100,000 iPhones after release announcement</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/04/orders.taken.within.hours.of.announcement.devices.ship.december.14/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348464443_iphone5-review-sml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[According to a report on Sina Tech, China Unicom announced that it has received 100,000 iPhone 5 orders on its first day of preorder sales. Rival wireless operator China Telecom has been taking preorders for weeks, but began formal sales of the handset on Sunday and sold 5,000 sales of the hotly-anticipated device on its first day. The phone's ultimate release in China was announced last week, wit...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iPhone 5 gets final approvals from Chinese government</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/29/could.be.on.sale.by.mid.december/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348464443_iphone5-review-sml.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[China's Ministry of Industry and Technology has given approval to the iPhone 5, clearing the way for the phone's sale in the country, reports say.  Filings mention WCDMA and CDMA-2000 editions, indicating that the country's current official iPhone carriers -- China Unicom and China Telecom -- will remain the only ones for the foreseeable future.  The 5 is expected on sale as soon as mid-Decembe...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iPhone 5 expected in China by early December</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/11/09/could.show.up.as.soon.as.late.november/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1347486566_compare_color_iphone5.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[China Telecom will begin carrying the iPhone 5 by early December, chairman Wang Xiaochu tells the Wall Street Journal.  The device is still awaiting final approval from Chinese wireless regulators, but Wang claims that Telecom will have the 5 on sale in early December if not earlier.  Chang Xiaobing, the chairman of rival iPhone carrier China Unicom, is less committal.  "We hope to offer it this ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hong Kong out of iPhone 5; China Unicom selling out of 4S</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/10/08/unicom.allegedly.preparing.for.december.iphone.5.launch/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1349717772_iphone5-blackback.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Shops in Hong Kong are still sold out of the iPhone 5, according to Topeka Capital Markets' Brian White.  The analyst is currently touring Asia, and says that in Hong Kong all of the stores he visited were out of the new iPhone.  "At Apple's retail store, the iPhone 5 can be ordered online and a lottery process determines who is eligible for pickup at the store the next day," he comments in a new ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 17:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China Unicom rumored to get iPhone 5 by year's end</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/05/would.halt.cycle.of.long.delays.in.chinese.launches/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1343607541_Apple-Next-iPhone-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sources inside China Unicom are claiming that the iPhone 5 could launch with the carrier by the end of the year, according to Sohu IT.  The people say that executives, including deputy general manager Li Gang, have finished a successful negotiation round with Apple, and expect the phone to be available on Unicom before 2013.  The deal is said to have been struck based on a successful visit to the ...]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/05/would.halt.cycle.of.long.delays.in.chinese.launches/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:26:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China Unicom in talks to extend partnership with Apple</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/20/deal.so.far.producing.better.than.expected.results/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn4.macnn.com/news/1201/iphone4s-china.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Carrier China Unicom is in negotiations with Apple to renew the partnership the two companies forged in June 2009, according to Marbridge Consulting.  At the time the parties signed a three-year deal to bring the iPhone to China for the first time.  Unicom was in fact the only official Chinese iPhone carrier until March of this year, when China Telecom was allowed to join the fray....]]></description>
<guid>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/06/20/deal.so.far.producing.better.than.expected.results/</guid>
<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 13:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Gartner: Samsung has 3X Apple's smartphone share in China</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/11/samsung.has.24pc.of.china.sartphones/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/samsunggalaxysii-ad.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Gartner on Sunday revealed the extent to which Apple's share of China's smartphones trailed others.  Although Apple leads worldwide, it sat at 7.5 percent, or fifth place, in China's sphere.  Samsung, in the lead at 24.3 percent, had over three times as much share....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 03:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>China Telecom wing: iPhone 4S due as soon as late February</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/30/china.telecom.may.have.iphone.4s.in.a.month/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/iphone4s-china.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[China Telecom sub-label Beijing Telecom stated Tuesday local time that a China Telecom-native iPhone 4S was expected within about a month.  It said the CDMA version would "likely" reach the network by late February or early March, China Daily said.  Apple's device had already been given regulatory clearance for China Telecom's network and would face few barriers....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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