According to foreign media reports, smart phone market in China, one thousand yuan and the iPhone and popular smartphone, as a unique landscape. Forbes web site published essays think that, in the face of China's one thousand yuan machine hot conditions, and Chinese manufacturers alliance formed patent, apple in the Chinese market should lower the price of iPhone, at the same time avoid patent litigation.
The article points out that the apple in the western developed market will samsung, such as HTC Android mobile phone manufacturer to court. At the same time, including the association, zte, TCL, cool, China mobile phone manufacturer, has been formed a coalition, ready to respond to the common potential patent litigation risk.
Strategy Analytics in the third quarter of last year, according to the report, China has replaced the United States as the world's largest smartphone market. Apple chief executive cook also points out that the earnings conference in the importance of the Chinese market. But, China last year smartphone permeability only 15%, with the common people purchasing power to ascend, China's growth prospects for the smartphone is very big still.
At present, China unicom has in distribution iPhone, allegedly, China telecom and China mobile is ready for distribution the product. However, China telecom operators tend to be more recent cheap smartphone, but not from apple, nokia and samsung's high-end machine. Zte and huawei, lenovo, cool, such as TCL and SED manufacturer has started to operators of one thousand yuan smartphone delivery.
Forbes article points out, because the vast majority of Chinese people unable to buy high-end smartphone, so operators this pragmatic strategy will benefit China local mobile phone manufacturers.
For apple,, China mobile phone market changes may bring two results: apple may eventually in the Chinese market launch low-cost version of the iPhone, and apple may be in China change has always been depending on the strategy of containment patent litigation opponent.
So far, apple has not yet been launched against China mobile phone manufacturer patent litigation, as a comparison, Microsoft has requirements such as huawei, manufacturers pay patent fees, nokia has filed a lawsuit against part of manufacturers.
Forbes article points out, in view of the Chinese manufacturers has been formed patent alliance, so apple sued China enterprise with difficulties. Facing China growth the reality of the smart phone, apple finally may be in China launch low-cost version of the iPhone, even than the expected time outside more early.
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