With potentially billions of customers on the line, Apple is reportedly having trouble negotiating with wireless providers in emerging markets like Russia and China, and in established markets like Japan. The carriers are, apparently, holding out for better terms from Apple than those currently enjoyed by carriers in United States under the subsidy model. Bloomberg [...]
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Apple reportedly having trouble signing new carriers, high subsidies an issue
Posted by ryan on May 7th, 2013
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Tim Cook teases "exciting new product categories" for this fall and 2014
Posted by ryan on April 24th, 2013
Apple’s quarterly conference calls are always full of enlightening snippets of information, and the call following the release of the second quarter of 2013 financial results was no exception. In addition to revealing explosive growth in China, aggressive iPhone 4 pricing in developing markets, and that there are still trade-offs that would exist were Apple [...]
iPad sales in China and Japan more than doubled since last year
Posted by ryan on April 24th, 2013
In today’s conference call after the Q2 2013 fiscal results, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer revealed that Apple products are selling like gangbusters in East Asia. In China and Japan both, iPad sales more than doubled this quarter from the quarter the year prior. In China specifically, iPad sales were up 138% from last year. iPhone [...]
Apple releases Q2 2013 results: 37.4 million iPhones, 19.5 million iPads and $43.6 billion in revenue
Posted by ryan on April 24th, 2013
Apple today announced their financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2013 (the months of January, February, and March). Apple brought in $9.5 billion in profit off of $43.6 billion in revenue. In previous years Apple offered conservative guidance on revenue and profits, though recently they made the switched to publishing a range [...]
Apple’s challenges in China, and what investors need to know
Posted by ryan on April 4th, 2013
In the not-so-distant past, Tim Cook has been quoted as saying he expects China to emerge as the company’s largest source of revenue. Back in January, we discussed this growth in China, along with Asymco.com’s estimate that China would overtake US sales at Apple by 2016. Has anything changed? We can’t really say “no”. There [...]
Chinese propaganda campaign could sap $13 billion in sales from Apple
Posted by ryan on April 2nd, 2013
Since the middle of last month, the government of China has been engaged in a propaganda campaign against Apple, starting with an attack on Apple’s warranty practices. Reports from state-run media outlets, including China Central Television and newspaper People’s Daily, alleged that Apple’s warranty and repair policies in China were unfair in comparison to other [...]
Tim Cook announces changes to Apple's Chinese warranty policy
Posted by ryan on April 2nd, 2013
Apple CEO Tim Cook has announced changes to Apple’s warranty policy in China, along with apologizing to Chinese customers for any confusion with the original policy. In a letter on Apple’s Chinese website, Cook announced that going forward, Apple would provide more warranty information and train staff members based in China better. Cook also promised [...]
Apple sued by Chinese animation studio over pirated materials in apps
Posted by ryan on March 29th, 2013
Apple is being sued by a state-run animation studio in China over apps that contain unlicensed material from the studio. Shanghai Animation Film Studio is seeking total damages of 3.3 million yuan, or $530,000. The studio says that Apple violated the copyright of 110 of their films, which resulted in siginificant financial losses for the [...]
Apple's suppliers: an interactive map
Posted by ryan on February 18th, 2013
While Apple’s relationship with Chinese factories came under fire last year, and their processor and glass manufacturing in the U.S. came up as a result, there’s a lot more to their logistics than just those two places. To that point, ChinaFile has put together an interactive map, compiled from Apple’s 2013 supplier’s list, showing just [...]
Apple sales in India estimated to be up 400% in 3 months
Posted by ryan on February 8th, 2013
Apple’s sales in India are reportedly up 400% in 3 months according to IDC estimates. India is one of those emerging markets, alongside Russia and Brazil, that Apple is keeping a very close eye on. While China has been grabbing a lot of the headlines, conference call time, iOS 6 feature list, and even a [...]
