Chinese customs officials snag iPhone smuggler

Two suitcases run through the x-ray machines at the Dalian, China Airport looked a bit suspicious to alert customs officials. The snugly packed bags contained eighty-two (82) new iPhone 3GS. The passenger belonging to the bags was detained by Chinese authorities. It was determined that the 82 iPhones in his possession were beyond the bounds [...]

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Blackmarket for iPhone still strong in China

 
Chinese aren’t waiting for “official” iPhone in PRC 
via AFP news service.  See full post > HERE
SHANGHAI (AFP) — In scenes reminiscent of a generation ago, Chinese are tapping friends and relatives travelling abroad to bring back electronic devices that are unavailable in China.
The irony is the object they desire is made in China and the [...]

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20,000 iPhones per week being sucked out of the United States

  
20,000 iPhones per week tucked into luggage
 
Comments to Dan Frommer article by dragan_co – Wednesday April 02, 2008 12:10PM EDT
 
iPhone in Asia Preamble: IMHO dragan_co is largely on target with their “demand side” thesis.  Many pundits and analysts have suggested that the iPhone shortage is evidence of Apple’s “clearing inventory” to make way for [...]

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WSJ: When iPhones Go Missing

Wall Street Journal, April 5, 2008 - Page B16
WSJ: When iPhones Go Missing
Are Tourists Snapping Up Devices and Selling Them For Use on Other Networks?
Full Wall Street Journal article > HERE
Where are all the iPhones? Apple sold 3.7 million of its hit mobile phones last year, but its official partners only registered 2.3 million new customers. Meanwhile, [...]

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MacDailyNews take re 400K iPhones on China Mobile’s Network

  
MacDailyNews Full article > HERE
China Mobile: 400,000 unlocked Apple iPhones on our network at end of 2007
Friday, February 15, 2008 – 03:28 PM EST

“The shock wave caused by the Apple iPhone has been spreading from the US to China at an unbelievable rate. Savvy entrepreneurs have been purchasing hundreds of thousands of iPhones in the US and [...]

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China Mobile: 400,000 Unlocked iPhones On Our Network

   
China Mobile: 400,000 Unlocked iPhones On Our Network
 
by Dan Frommer – Silicon Alley Insider
EXCERPT: An eye-opening stat we hadn’t seen until today: China Mobile, the biggest wireless carrier in China, said there were 400,000 unlocked iPhones operating on its network at the end of 2007.
If true, that represents more than 10% of the 3.7 million [...]

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Inside the iPhone Gray Market

Update: February 12, 2008
Businessweek’s Peter Burrows has published a companion article – iPhone’s Reluctant Gray Marketer.  This article outlines the Czech startup Bladox and their role in iPhone unlocking. See full article HERE
Inside the iPhone Gray Market
A global network is thriving by selling up to 1 million iPhones that bypass Apple’s restrictions
by Peter [...]

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Bloomberg TV: BDA’s Duncan Clark on China Mobile, 3G, iPhone

  

 

Duncan Clark, Chairman of BDA China Ltd., a research firm in Beijing discusses China Mobile, TD-SCDMA, the state of 3G in China and Apple iPhone. Video: December 2007 

December 21, 2007 Duncan Clark, Chairman of BDA China, says that as soon as TD-SCDMA, China’s homegrown 3G standard, is ready for primetime, Huawei [...]

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Blackmarket iPhones in China

  
Blackmarket iPhones in China 黑市iPhones 在中国

The blackmarket for iPhone in China continues to thrive.  Here are a few good articles on topic
China’s New “Love Craze” – Blackmarket in iPhones
~ Adventurina King
Excerpt: The iPhone is readily available in computer superstores in most large Chinese cities. [...]

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