The U.S. electronics products maker Apple has started the sales of its iPad tablet computers in Hong Kong. According to Apple's Hong Kong official website, the new iPads launched in Hong Kong have Wi-Fi and 3G versions, and their capacities are 16G, 32G, and 64G, respectively. The retail price for a 16G Wi-Fi version iPad [...]
Apple To Open First Retail Store In Shanghai
06 July 2010
The first official Apple Store in Shanghai will open on July 10, 2010. Adjacent to Shanghai International Financial Center in the Pudong area of city, the new Apple Store, which is Apple's 295th store in the world, is designed as a cylindrical building 44 meters high. The interior design of this store has reportedly been [...]
China's Suning To Sell Blackberry Handsets From Mid-June 2010
17 June 2010
According to information from the Chinese electronics and home appliances retailer Suning, starting from June 18, 2010, it will sell two types of Blackberry handsets on its nationwide retail network, marking Blackberry's entry into the Chinese consumer retail market.
Suning said that the company has signed a strategic agreement with Blackberry to become an exclusive home [...]
Coolpad Expands Mobile Phone Focus This Year
04 June 2010
According to Su Feng, vice president of the Chinese mobile phone maker Coolpad, unlike its former high-end orientation, Coolpad will expand to now cover the entire high, medium, and low-end mobile phone markets in 2010. Therefore, the company plans to build at least 2,000 new self-owned sales channel sites this year to increase its overall [...]
Lenovo Teams With China Unicom For LePhone Promotion In China
13 May 2010
Lenovo and China Unicom have announced plans to launch Lenovo's new smartphone LePhone on May 17, 2010.
The market price for LePhone is reportedly at CNY2,899. However, the smartphone will not be sold as bare mobile phone and China Unicom has designed an exclusive contract program for LePhone. Consumers who want to buy LePhones can either [...]
Nokia To Expand Sales Network For Extended Warranty Service In China
06 May 2010
The Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia has announced that it will expand its sales network for extended warranty service in China and will offer an additional warranty period of 12 months to Chinese users.
According to Nokia, it will start to sell the extended warranty service in its specialty stores in China. Chinese users now can [...]
China Unicom Unveils Its First Android Wi-Fi Customized Smartphone
12 March 2010
According to China's Vsens, the wholly-owned customized terminal subsidiary of China Unicom, its new customized 3G smartphone, XT701, made by Motorola, is now ready for sale.
This is China Unicom's first smartphone product based on the latest Android 2.0 platform and the product, with Wi-Fi function, is sold at the price of CNY4,299.
Consumers who are interested [...]
China Unicom Opens First 3G Mobile Phone Flagship Store In Beijing
17 February 2010
Chinese telecom operator China Unicom has announced that its first flagship store under its 3G brand "Wo" has been opened in Beijing.
Located in the southern hall of China Unicom's headquarters building in the Financial Street, the three-floor Wo flagship retail store covers a total area of about 800 square meters. So far, 56 types of [...]
China Mobile Beijing, Wumart Sign Cooperation Agreement
11 February 2010
China Mobile's Beijing branch and the Beijing-based hypermarket retailer Wumart Stores have signed a strategicmore….
RIM, Digital China Sign Agreement For BlackBerry Promotion
08 February 2010
RIM, the manufacturer of the BlackBerry smartphones, has signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinesemore….
McDonald's Will Provide Free Wireless Internet Services In China
14 January 2010
Having already fed the Chinese market for over 20 years, the international fast food giant [...]
New Taiwanese Mobile Phone Brand Available In Mainland China
24 December 2009
Taiwanese mobile phone brand Altek has announced its entry into the Chinese electronics retail chain [...]
Chinese Electronics Retailers Offer Mobile Phone Trade-in Deals
23 December 2009
Chinese electronics retailers Dazhong and Gome have announced that they have launched mobile phone trade-in [...]
Apple Launches iPhone In China Tonight
30 October 2009
Apple's iPhone goes on sale tonight through China Unicom, a smaller competitor to behemoth China Mobile.
Carrefour, China Unicom Cooperate In Telecom Value-added Services
13 August 2009
French retail giant Carrefour and China Unicom Guangdong branch have formed a strategic alliance and have signed a cooperative agreement.
Under the agreement, Carrefour will introduce China Unicom's WO brand 3G experience stores in its 16 outlets in five cities in the Pearl River Delta area. These stores will provide services such as 3G personal services, [...]
Best Buy To Introduce China Unicom's 3G Products In China
05 August 2009
U.S. electronics retailer Best Buy has announced that it has reached a strategic cooperation with China Unicom to sell the latter's 3G products in its stores in China.
These products will include China Unicom's 3G mobile phones, data cards, packages, and 3G Internet services.
Lu Dongliang, vice general manager for China Unicom Shanghai, told local media that [...]
Follow-up: Shanghai Dealers Now Refuse To Sell Nokia Mobile Phones
15 June 2009
Following news last week that 40 Shandong retailers refused to sell Nokia mobile phones, some of Nokia's dealers in Shanghai have also reportedly stopped selling Nokia brand mobile phones in protest of the company's policies.
According to news on Hexun.com, the dealers have taken the move in collaboration with the actions of dealers in other regions [...]
Forty Dealers In Jinan Refuse To Sell Nokia Handsets
12 June 2009
Due to discontent about Nokia's heavy fines on selling beyond agreed areas, 40 dealers in Jinan of Shandong province have jointly started a protest against Nokia and refuse to sell its handsets.
These 40 dealers are all vendors in Jinan's Shandong Communication City, where a red banner saying "protect the interests and rights of consumers, refuse [...]
Yongle To Start Selling G3 Netbook In Shanghai Today
23 April 2009
Chinese electronics retailer Yongle said it will start to sell the G3 netbook, a customized convenient notebook developed by China Mobile, in its 63 retail stores in Shanghai from April 23, 2009.
Yongle is reportedly the first electronics retailer in Shanghai to sell the G3 netbooks and a first batch of 10,000 G3 netbooks will be [...]
Nokia To Open 10 Specialty Stores In Beijing In 2009
31 December 2008
Chinese mobile phone chain store D.Phone announced that the company has cooperated with Nokia (NOK) in opening a Nokia specialty store in Beijing.






