Apple smart phone market share in China by samsung

According to foreign media reported Monday, although apple CDMA version of the apple iPhone 4 S in China telecom (the Po) sales momentum appears very hot, but industry insiders for the case have different views, think apple in China with the power too slowly, at present the samsung smart cellphone market in China the share is already is three times as much as apple and on the high growth of, and if apple can more quickly in the Chinese market earlier further open up, not only with a wireless operator cooperation is true, then the present pattern may be different.

According to bloomberg to provide the data showed that in 2011, the fourth quarter apple in China's share of the smartphone market was 7.5%, the samsung reached 24.3% over the same period, has reached the apple share of the three times higher than, it also makes the apple become the ranking fifth in China's popularity of smart cellphones brand, and samsung are still on top.

Samsung are able to like China in a big market for such wonderful share among the most, the most important reason is that samsung and China mobile (the Po) (655 million users), China unicom (the Po) (200 million users) and China telecom (129 million users) the three operators of cooperation between very harmonious, in three big operators under the help of the samsung's share is also hugely increased. The apple is always only cooperate with China unicom.

Apple started last week in the cooperation with China telecom, trying to catch up with rivals. Although China telecom in western eye has a huge market potential, but the company is China's influence the smallest a wireless operator. According to people familiar with the internal, China's largest wireless operator China mobile or will be launched LTE iPhone version at apple and start selling iPhone, but this is to wait until the end of 2012 before is expected to. At present China mobile's network of about 15 million iPhone has been activated, although this part of the iPhone is not China mobile put on sale, but by other illegal channels into.

Although China telecom should be able to help apple iPhone to further expand the market share in China, but if apple wanted to become the largest in China beyond samsung smart cellphone supplier of words, and at the same time and the three operators for cooperation is the only way out.