One in Six Apple Dollars Came from China [Report]
19/10/2011 |
China has always been important for Apple manufacturing, with marque products such as the iPhone and iPad originating in the Asian giant. However, now China is also becoming an important source for sales revenue. China’s 1.33 billion people are now Apple’s second-best revenue-generating market. Little wonder Apple CEO Tim Cook Tuesday calls China “an enormous opportunity” for the tech giant. China provided around $15 billion of the more than $108 billion Apple earned...
Chinese authorities discover a further 22 fake Apple stores in Kunming
After the discovery of a fake Apple Store in the Chinese city of Kunming last month, Chinese authorities have now discovered that there are a total of 22 unauthorized Apple retailers operating in the same area.China’s Administration for Industry and Commerce in the Yunnan provincial capital...
Nokia to Lose Ground to Apple Again - This Time in China
Hong Kong iPad Buyers Photo credit: keso@flickr.comFirst, Apple kicked Nokia out of New York, then European operations were curtailed, now comes word Apple will likely attack the cell phone pioneer in China, the hottest market for smartphone makers. A “drastic realignment” in that Asi...
Online Petition Against Apple's Factory Conditions Receives 160,000 Signatures in a Week
Apple has received some slack of late over the perceived conditions of the Chinese workers who build its hugely popular products. With the eyes of the world currently firmly fixed on the likes of Foxconn, people are beginning to look more closely at the real cost of building our iPhones and iPads...
Tim Cook speaks out against claims of factory worker mistreatment
Following up on reports of factory worker mistreatment, Apple CEO Tim Cook – who has been doing a lot of internal communications as of late, looked to email once again to send off communications to Apple internal employee’s shutting down the allegations set forth by The New York Time...
Chinese authorities discover another 22 fake Apple stores in Kunming
After the discovery of a fake Apple Store in the Chinese city of Kunming last month, Chinese authorities have now discovered that there are a total of 22 unauthorized Apple retailers operating in the same area.China’s Administration for Industry and Commerce in the Yunnan provincial capital...
Apple Gains China Patents Against Pirates and Fake Retailers
Chinese pirates beware: Apple has more patents and it knows how to use them. China granted the tech giant 40 patents covering the iPad, iPhone and even its retail stores. Long bedeviled by faux iPhones and retail location ripoffs, the Cupertino, Calif. company now has legal protection for its pop...
Apple Popular With 21% Of Chinese Consumers - If Only They Could Afford The Brand
Photo by triplefivechina - http://flic.kr/p/9B6Fba Apple is in the cat bird seat when it comes to dominating personal computer sales in China. A new survey by Morgan Stanley finds more than 20 percent of Chinese consumers looking to buy a computer want a Mac. There’s just one hitch: few of ...
Tim Cook Is Cozying Apple Up With Big Business
Photo by lemagit - http://flic.kr/p/5SFWHN After a rather thorny relationship with the corporate class, Apple is getting downright chummy with businesses buying thousands of iPhones and iPads. The Cupertino, Calif. company now has access to the boardrooms co-founder Steve Jobs once rejected. Tha...
Apple Held Secret Pollution Talks With Chinese Environmentalists
Photo by robertg6n1 - http://flic.kr/p/2764ug Apple and several Chinese environmentalists met Tuesday to clear the air on disputes over pollution they claim comes from factories supplying the tech giant with much sought-after iPhones and iPads. Following the Beijing meeting, one environmentalist ...
Rumors Of Faltering iPhone 4S Sales Are Total "Bunk" [Analyst]
Photo by dougww - http://flic.kr/p/3L66TD Someone fell down the rabbit hole, returning with a whopper of a rumor. The iPhone 4S – you know, the Apple handset that’s been flying off shelves and setting record pre-sales – is actually a dog. Seems Apple is having a hard time gettin...
