Unicom iPhone 4S will be listed this month if there is no accident

“As long as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issues a license to the iPhone4S, China Unicom will begin to sell.” Yu Yingtao, general manager of China Unicom’s sales department, said for the first time, “China Unicom has made all preparations for the sale of the iPhone 4S.”

In fact, China Unicom, Telecom iPhone 4S users have already started playing. A business office in Shenyang, China Unicom, has begun to accept bookings for iPhone 4S. Hundreds of people have made appointments in a few days. China Telecom has also launched iPhone 4S posters in some business offices. China Telecom Group called it "a means of propaganda," and disclosed that China Telecom "will definitely introduce the iPhone 4S, but the introduction time has not yet been determined."

It is alleged that China Telecom has prepared a 1.5 billion yuan marketing subsidy for the introduction of the iPhone 4S. In the first quarter of this year, China Unicom’s subsidies for the iPhone were as high as 1.3 billion yuan.

As of now, iPhone 4S has been listed in 44 countries and regions around the world.

iPhone 4S is ready only for network access license

For the exact time for the official sale of iPhone 4S, China Unicom said it does not depend on China Unicom, but the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. "As long as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issues a license for the iPhone 4S, China Unicom will start selling."

According to sources, the iPhone 4S has passed all inspections by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the relevant report has been sent to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's equipment certification authority. The network access permit is just around the corner. The person in charge of the local city company Unicom revealed to the “Southern Reporter” that Unicom has already done a good job in preparing the sales channels and logistics of the iPhone 4S. If there is no accident, it can be listed this month.

Shenyang Unicom Business Hall has taken the first step to accept the iPhone 4S. It is said that when the user subscribes to the iPhone 4S in the business hall, he can choose either a contract machine or a bare machine, and there are black and white options. Within a few days, there are nearly 200 users who have subscribed to the iPhone 4S in the business hall. The store clerk said: "IPhone 4S is expected to arrive during Christmas and New Year's Day."

It is understood that China Unicom from the second half of this year began to increase efforts to push 1,000 yuan 3G smart phones, joint hands Xing, Lenovo, Huawei, Cool and other brands launched a thousand yuan smart phone 0 yuan purchase contract plan. Insiders believe that this is a sign that China Unicom will give up the iPhone. In this regard, Yingying Tao explained: "China Unicom has always treated the iPhone as China Unicom's most important strategic product. Our cooperation with Apple is also very good and there is no problem."

It was also learned that China Unicom launched a "pre-stored phone bill for sending cell phones" and "purchasing mobile phone bills" preferential policies for the 8G version of the iPhone 4 in mid-November this year. Among them, the “buy mobile phone network to send calls” contract plan, the user to buy mobile phone to 3999 yuan price into the network, signed in the network for 2 years, the minimum charge of 66 yuan, except for credit (monthly package half of the tariff), the actual minimum tariff is only 33 yuan However, in the "pre-stored phone bills to send mobile phones" contract plan, users have 4999 yuan in advance, signed on the Internet for 3 years, and monthly packages of 186 yuan or more can be purchased at 0 yuan, but this policy only lasts until the end of this year. In this regard, the industry analysts believe that this implies that China Unicom will focus on the iPhone 4S at the end of this year or early next year.

China Telecom is focusing on CDMA

China Telecom is also staring at the iPhone 4S. An insider of China Telecom revealed: "Telecom will definitely introduce the iPhone 4S, but the introduction of time is uncertain."

A person from the China Telecom Group stated that China Telecom has been actively negotiating with Apple to introduce the iPhone 4S. Since the iPhone 4S supports both GSM and CDMA networks, it can fully operate in China Telecom's CDMA network.

Previously, CDMA operators such as U.S. Sprint, Verizion, and Japan’s KDDI became Apple’s new partners during the iPhone 4S release. KDDI broke Softbank’s exclusive iPhone sales status in Japan and became a new sales member in Japan’s iPhone market.

According to sources, in July of this year, China Telecom verbally conveyed a “dragon plan” when it held a mid-year working meeting in Qingdao, and it was necessary to make a good preparation for sales of the CDMA version of the iPhone. Since then, some telecommunications experts have revealed to reporters in Southern Metropolis with confidence that telecommunications has introduced the iPhone 4S schedule faster than Unicom and has an advantage in tariffs.

However, there are reports that China Telecom’s introduction of the CDMA version of iPhone 4S may be postponed until February next year.

However, China Telecom’s several business offices can’t wait to launch a large advertising poster campaign on the iPhone 4S. In response, the China Telecom Group responded that the posting of iPhone 4S posters by individual business offices is only a means of propaganda. The posters of local business offices do not represent the introduction of the iPhone 4S.

Wang Xiaochu, chairman of China Telecom, said at the interim results conference this year: “Once iPhone is introduced, it will increase mobile phone subsidies in the second half of the year.” Although Wang Xiaochu has not announced a specific amount of subsidies, it is rumored that China Telecom has prepared for the introduction of the iPhone. 15 billion yuan in marketing subsidies. According to China Unicom's first half of this year and first quarter of this year's results, China Unicom's first quarter of this year and the first half of this year, 3G mobile terminal sales loss of 1.9 billion yuan and 3.057 billion yuan, of which only the first quarter for iPhone subsidies It reached 1.3 billion.

The iPhone 4S was officially launched on October 14 this year. The seven starting countries include the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan. In the first three days, sales exceeded 4 million, making it the fastest selling mobile phone in Apple history; Days later, the iPhone 4S went on sale in 22 other countries and regions. Then, starting on the 11th of last month, the iPhone 4S went on sale in 15 countries and regions, including South Korea and Hong Kong. As of now, iPhone 4S has been listed in 44 countries and regions around the world.