China Telecom’s iPhone 4S will be dominated by Apple next week

Nandu was exclusively informed by the insiders of China Telecom that Apple will formally announce cooperation with China Telecom next week and issue the Telecom CDMA version of the iPhone 4S. At present, provincial and provincial telecommunications companies are already making final preparations before the listing, including the docking of sales systems, channel distribution and so on.

Guangdong Telecom has clearly defined the structure of the iPhone 4S sales outlets: it includes its own business hall, social license business hall, and also Suning, Gome and other channels—since Suning and Gome have already sold the Unicom iPhone for a long time, telecommunications will be in social channels. Connected with China Unicom.

In another development, the proportion of subsidies for the telecommunications version of the iPhone 4S will exceed 60%. The industry is rumors that China Telecom invests about 2 billion yuan as a marketing expense for the iPhone 4S.

Telecom version iPhone 4S or listed in March

Apple chief executive Tim Cook stated in a conference call last month that the company underestimated the demand for the iPhone 4S in the Chinese market. "The demand for the iPhone 4S in the Chinese market exceeded our expectations," and said Outside of China Unicom, Apple will seek more partners and "continue to think of ways to expand this market."

China Telecom became the second carrier in China to marry Apple. Telecomers told South Africa that Apple will formally announce cooperation with China Telecom next week. “This time is dominated by Apple, and the official launch of the telecommunications version of the iPhone 4S may have to wait until the first week of March, although we Can't wait to be."

At present, China Telecom’s provincial companies have received notice from the group and conducted final training and deployment to the south at the end of this month. Participants in the training are mainly responsible for Tianyi terminal sales of telecommunications provinces and cities. The price and contract plan that users are most concerned about will also be determined at the training session at the end of the month.

There are several versions of the telecommunications version of the iPhone 4S tariff package circulated in the market. Netcom Telecom version iPhone 4S leaflet shows that the total contract price is 5399 yuan. The package has a two-year and three-year plan, the minimum package for the biennium is 49 yuan, and the minimum package for the three-year period is 89 yuan, compared with China Unicom's iPhone 4S package plan by 481 yuan. At the same time, the iPhone 4S 16GB version can be purchased at zero yuan for a three-year contract of 389 yuan.

According to another source, China Telecom provided a choice of third-tier packages of 389, 489, and 589 yuan for platinum and gold-silver card users, and provided a 10-fold monthly terminal subsidies policy. That is, if the user handles 389 packages, China Telecom will subsidize 3890 yuan purchase cost.

"In view of the confidentiality agreement between China Telecom and Apple, the price of the CDMA version of the iPhone 4S package will be announced later this month." Telecom insiders told Nandu reporters that the CDMA version of the iPhone 4S is the second phase of the Dragon Plan. Core models. The "Dragon Plan" adopts the "unified package", "unified subsidies", "unified display", and "unified promotion" strategies across the country. This also means that the telecommunications version of the iPhone 4S is also unified throughout the country in terms of the sale and subsidy policies. Provincial companies do not have permission to set a package.

According to the person in charge of Guangdong Telecom, China Telecom's "Long Plan" began implementation at the end of last year. The first phase of Dragon Mobile includes six models, Samsung I509 and Motorola XT882. The first phase of the subsidy rate reached 42%, mainly in the form of packages and calls. Subsidies; and the telecommunications version of the iPhone 4S subsidies will exceed 60%.

The most important thing is the icing on the cake?

As of the end of 2011, China Telecom had more than 129 million mobile subscribers. China Telecom’s development tone set for 2012 is a breakthrough scale, especially for mobile users. Wang Xiaochu, chairman of China Telecom, predicts that in 2012, the total CDMA terminal demand will be 80 million, including 45 million smart phones.

“China Telecom Pictures 2012, thinks there are 80 million CDMA terminal markets, iPhone 4S also come to help.” Guotai Junan latest research report, China Telecom won the Apple artifact, however, the iPhone 4S target users who? How to sell difference? How to realize value-added, "This is a big test that telecommunication faces".

Telecomers admitted to South, although telecommunications hope to use the star machine such as iPhone 4S to shake high-end users, but the timing of the introduction of China Telecom will not and can not rely on the iPhone only — after all, China Unicom has taken the lead.

"Although the 2012 terminal development plan is based on the iPhone as the main mobile phone, it also includes other high-performance Android smart phones." According to telecommunications sources, according to the strategic deployment of China Telecom Group, the telecom terminal strategy will first focus on the price of 700 yuan. -2000 yuan mid-range intelligent machine, multiple operating system development, "'love crazy' but icing on the cake."

China Telecom’s latest data show that in 2011, Tianyi’s 3G handsets were sold at over 500 models, reaching 34 million units throughout the year, of which 3G smart phones sold over 16.6 million units throughout the year, more than 10 times more than in 2010. Telecom expects that by 2014, China Telecom Tianyi will have over 200 million subscribers and more than 70% of 3G subscribers in the new market.

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Information from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology Telecommunications Equipment Certification Center website shows that the telecommunications iPhone 4S device model is A1387—the same as the US version. A Guangdong telecom source told Southern Reporter that the telecommunications version of the iPhone 4S is the “original” US version of the iPhone 4S.

After the telecommunications version of the iPhone 4S is officially launched, the domestic market will be licensed by both the Telecom and China Unicom versions. However, unlike China Unicom, which shields CDMA networks, the Telecom iP hone 4S supports three network formats: CDMA, WCDMA, and GSM.

Guangdong Telecom’s source told Nandu that when the telecom version of the iPhone 4S is used locally, Unicom and mobile WCDMA and GSM networks will not be supported, ie Unicom and mobile handset cards cannot be used. However, when roaming overseas, CDMA networks will be preferred; if there is no CDMA network, roaming to WCDMA or GSM networks can be performed automatically without changing numbers.