Is the iPhone 6 gonna change the landscape of the cell phone industry

[Krazy]

resolution drop as well, although I guess the pixel density is about the same

Yeah I mentioned that ;)

Im on a 720P phone right now.
So I aint loosing nothing If I was to get the Z3 Compact.
I aint never had a 1080p phone.

Either way Sony doing the right thing for Android when it comes to Mini devices unlike Samsung who totally cut down the specs.
Z3C just as powerful as the Z3.

Im just gonna have to see that price though.

I want a phone that I can see myself with for a few years got a Moto G lol, its cool but its time to grab one of the higher end phones.

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

nikkas talk about jailbreaking like Apple doesn't close that shyt down every update

You don't have to update, breh.

IDK where these negative connotations about jailbreaking come from. Even among apple users. "It's illegal" and "I don't wanna get a virus."

Most of yall nikkas don't know shyt about phones. Look at the goog set thread, just a big circle jerk with no useful info being dropped. I was trying to hook android users up with sports and it was too "technical". Nobody ever heard of the Freedom app. Nobody was rooted. But everybody knew the specs for the latest phone.

Why yall got a 500 page thread and I'm the one who introduced yall to something as simple as show box and I don't even have an android. You guys are amateurs for real.

But then again, this isn't a tech site so what did I expect?

 

[newarkhiphop]

You don't have to update, breh.

IDK where these negative connotations about jailbreaking come from. Even among apple users. "It's illegal" and "I don't wanna get a virus."

Most of yall nikkas don't know shyt about phones. Look at the goog set thread, just a big circle jerk with no useful info being dropped. I was trying to hook android users up with sports and it was too "technical". Nobody ever heard of the Freedom app. Nobody was rooted. But everybody knew the specs for the latest phone.

Why yall got a 500 page thread and I'm the one who introduced yall to something as simple as show box and I don't even have an android. You guys are amateurs for real.

But then again, this isn't a tech site so what did I expect?

this dude and his


@ nobody in the Android thread being rooted

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

this dude and his


@ nobody in the Android thread being rooted

What ?

I wasn't begging for volunteers only for mad people to tell me they weren't rooted?

Didn't matter anyway, because it's not possible on android.

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Haters hate every year

iPhone continues to dominate every year

 

[Tommy Knocks]

what are you talking about fam

Must be talking about them chineese Iphone 6 knock offs.
Cause it damn sure wasnt out in no china like that

do your research before you start using goofy smilies. the Iphone has been out for 2 months in china. and no, not the knock offs, the real thing. the shyt was on the news months ago. apple targeted china this time around because they have triple the cellphone users.

 

[Krazy]

do your research before you start using goofy smilies. the Iphone has been out for 2 months in china. and no, not the knock offs, the real thing. the shyt was on the news months ago. apple targeted china this time around because they have triple the cellphone users.

Do my research are you sure?...Hold on.
Research done

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Although the iPhone 6 is assembled in mainland China, Apple fans there won’t be able to buy the device on the day of its global launch, slated for next Friday. And many Chinese want to know why.

There are two theories on the reason behind Apple Inc.’s AAPL, +0.73% decision to delay the sale of the iPhone 6 in the world’s largest smartphone market: Some say it’s about China punishing Apple, and others say it’s about Apple punishing China.

The first conjecture is that Chinese regulators are behind the move. A report Wednesday by 21st Century Business Herald quoted an unnamed industry insider as saying that the Chinese government has yet to give Apple a network-access permit for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, though the required license would possibly be granted “in a week.”

Sina Tech reporter and member of the Sina Weibo Community Committee, Zheng Jun, appeared to bolster this theory, writing on his Weibo microblogging account that Apple had encountered “resistance” from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which issues network-access permits for telecommunication equipment.

But others see Apple as taking revenge on Chinese wireless carriers which reportedly leaked details of the new iPhone.

Starting last week, the big three telecoms — China Mobile 0941, -2.57%CHL, -2.23% China Telecom 0728, -3.48% CHA, -2.72% and China Unicom0762, -3.31% CHU, -2.77% — posted some previously unrevealed information about the product, with China Telecom going as far as to display a photo of the iPhone 6 on its website, and China Mobile’s Hunan site disclosing the iPhone 6’s dimensions and Sept. 19 retail-launch date.

Clearly, the delay in the mainland China sales is an embarrassment for the Chinese carriers: All three were offering online pre-orders of the phone, but after Apple indicated Wednesday that the nation wouldn’t be among those taking part in the initial sales launch, they have since pulled down the pre-order pages.

“Why do the carriers post high-profile commercials ahead of the release, given that mainland China doesn’t have ‘first sale’ rights?” Zhong Yinghao, co-founder of Ru Guo Zhai Network Co., said on his Weibo account. “I think there’s a high likelihood that mainland China was dismissed due to the leaks.”

Likewise, a senior design-company executive that posts to Weibo under the name Aibulishen said the delayed China launch was “punishment for their [the telecoms’] not keeping in the spirit of their contract” with Apple.

As Apple Tuesday unveiled the iPhone 6, the latest edition of its iconic product, enthusiasts around the world eagerly watched the launch event held in Cupertino, California. But one major country may be less enthusiastic than others: The South China Morning Post reports lagging preorder phone sales have lent the impression iPhone fever is down in the world's second-biggest economy.

“You won’t believe [the cold reception for the iPhone 6] if you compare it to the fever of their previous release,” an online store merchant told the Morning Post.

For a country whose passion for iPhones once reached extreme levels -- in 2012, a 17-year-old sold a kidney for the money to buy the device -- a dip in enthusiasm is only the latest sign of concern for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) prospects in China. Apple’s market share in the country has receded due to the emergence of Xiaomi, a domestic firm whose slim, inexpensive models now comprise 14 percent of the country’s smartphone market. Apple had half that in the second quarter of 2014.

Apple has had political headaches, too. As a result of President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign, China’s wealthy and powerful have shunned ostentatious displays, and many are now fearful displaying a luxury item -- such as an iPhone -- may land them in trouble. Meanwhile, in July, China Central Television, the country’s state-run television network, accused Apple of using location tracking devices embedded in iPhones to spy on its users.

So are Apple’s China operations in trouble? Not likely. The company’s revenues in greater China, a geographic designation that includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, rose 28 percent in the year to June to $5.9 billion. And after signing a deal with China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile network with 1.24 billion subscribers, Apple has even begun to address its phone’s largest liability, its high price tag: Since January, China Mobile customers have been able to buy phones subsidized by the mobile carrier.

Apple is optimistic about its growth potential in China: CEO Tim Cook announced earlier this year the company plans to increase the number of Apple stores in China from 10 to more than 30.

But even Apple’s commercial success in China does not reveal the full extent of the company’s importance to the Chinese economy. In a research note, Bank of America calculated iPhones will add 1 percent to the country’s exports in the third quarter of this year. An estimate says 100 million iPhones will be manufactured in China this year, of which 17 million will be sold there and the rest exported.

So whatever happens Tuesday, one thing remains certain: Apple isn’t going anywhere in China anytime soon -- even if the country’s teenagers hold onto their kidneys this time.

Might have been made in China but it wasnt released there.
If it was out we would've seen way more than what we saw from the leaks...

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

do your research before you start using goofy smilies. the Iphone has been out for 2 months in china. and no, not the knock offs, the real thing. the shyt was on the news months ago. apple targeted china this time around because they have triple the cellphone users.

You sure, breh?

According to Apple’s release plans, the new iPhone will be released in Hong Kong on Sept 19, along with the US, Australia, Japan, and other countries, but won’t go on sale in mainland China until sometime later this year.

That was posted 6 hours ago. http://qz.com/262718/apple-is-delay...-6-in-the-country-where-it-needs-it-the-most/

 

[Krazy]

http://online.wsj.com/articles/dela...hlights-apples-challenges-in-china-1410358270

Delayed iPhone Release Highlights Apple's Challenges in China

China is one of Apple Inc. AAPL +0.65% 's biggest markets by sales and a major growth driver. But when it comes to its new iPhones, the country will have to wait, highlighting the difficulties the technology giant faces in getting its China strategy right.

The Cupertino, Calif., company on Tuesday unveiled its new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which have larger screens than previous models. But while Apple said its new smartphones would go on sale Sept. 19 in the U.S. and some Asian and European markets, it didn't list China as one of countries where they would be immediately available.

It's a change from when Apple launched the iPhone 5S last year and the device was available through major carriers in China at the same time as the U.S.

Apple's Beijing-based spokeswoman declined to comment on the reason for the delay. She said the company sees China as a key market and is trying to get the new iPhones there as soon as possible.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which approves among many things the import of mobile devices into the country, didn't list the new smartphones among devices approved for sale as of Wednesday. Officials didn't respond to a request for comment.

A moderate delay likely wouldn't hurt Apple's sales in China because of the brand's cachet and because the bigger screens are attractive to Chinese consumers, analysts say. Greater China, which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, generated $5.94 billion in revenue for Apple during the fiscal third quarter ended June 28, up 28% from a year earlier and making up nearly 16% of its total revenue. That compares with $14.58 billion in the U.S. and $8.09 billion in Europe.

Samsung Electronics Co.005930.SE -0.74% , which was faster to offer the larger screens that many Chinese consumers like for streaming TV shows and playing games. It is also facing growing competition from local manufacturers such as Xiaomi Inc. and Lenovo Group Ltd.0992.HK -1.74% , which are offering phones with increasingly competitive hardware at budget prices.

Apple also is under growing scrutiny from labor conditions among its suppliers, and faced criticism in government-run media for its warranty practices and for its location tracking feature, with the official China Central Television labeling it a security threat. Apple has said it closely monitors labor conditions among suppliers and apologized for its warranty practices. It also says it doesn't track iPhone users.



Still, the U.S. company has increased its market share in the world's largest smartphone market after broadening sales channels. In December, it unveiled a deal to offer phones through China Mobile 0941.HK -2.57% Ltd., the world's largest mobile carrier. Its share of the Chinese smartphone market rose to 6.5% in the second quarter from 4.9% the year before, according to IDC, making it the country's No. 6 smartphone maker.

"The country's impact on the global smartphone market has continued to increase given its large population, and its shipment growth is still relatively fast compared to the mature markets in the West," said Kitty Fok, a Beijing-based analyst at IDC.

Apple has been criticized in the past by customers for being slow to launch products in China, a phenomenon that has led to a flourishing gray market in iPhones bought elsewhere, typically in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong retailers said they expected the delay would reignite gray-market demand.

"We have seen keen interest in the iPhone 6 among Chinese customers," said Lo Lau, who operates a smartphone store in Hong Kong's bustling Mongkok neighborhood. Mr. Lau said he expected sales of gray-market iPhones to jump between 20% and 30% as a result of the delayed mainland launch.

Apple's new products were the most-discussed topic on Chinese social-media service Sina Weibo on Wednesday. "The iPhone 6 Plus will kill all the big-screen Android devices to become the new must-have for rich people," wrote Wang Guanxiong, a well-known tech marketing expert.

Still, for many users, the most noteworthy element of the release was the translation of "Bigger than Bigger," Apple's slogan for the new phones, on the company's mainland China website. Many said it sounded awkward in Chinese. "Can't Apple afford to hire someone with a basic education to handle the translation?" asked one Weibo user.

Some posted their own slogans in response, among them "Really Damn Big," "Just Big," and "If You Say It's Not Big, You're Not Being Objective." One user, taking a dig at Apple for following Samsung in offering bigger screens, suggested "More Samsung Than Samsung."

There are no prices listed on Apple's mainland China website yet, but the company's Hong Kong website lists the 16-gigabyte iPhone 6 at 5,588 Hong Kong dollars ($721) and the 16GB iPhone 6 Plus at HK$6,388. That's more expensive than the comparable Samsung Galaxy S5, which typically sells for less than 4,000 yuan ($652) in China, and the Mi 4, produced by China's Xiaomi, which goes for about 2,000 yuan.

"Here are three reasons I won't be buying the iPhone 6," read one popular post on Weibo, with a photo attached that repeated the Chinese character for "poor" three times.

The Apple spokeswoman declined to comment on the responses.

—Ma Si and Yang Jie in Beijing contributed tot this article.

My Research From Me Presented to you

 

[Tommy Knocks]

that's hong kong, not china.

Do my research are you sure?...Hold on.
Research done







Might have been made in China but it wasnt released there.
If it was out we would've seen way more than what we saw from the leaks...

You sure, breh?



That was posted 6 hours ago. http://qz.com/262718/apple-is-delay...-6-in-the-country-where-it-needs-it-the-most/

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/iphone-6-already-sale-china-091800917.html

 

[Krazy]

that's hong kong, not china.



https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/iphone-6-already-sale-china-091800917.html

Reading is fundamental.

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Although the iPhone 6 is assembled in mainland China, Apple fans there won’t be able to buy the device on the day of its global launch, slated for next Friday. And many Chinese want to know why.

There are two theories on the reason behind Apple Inc.’s AAPL, +0.73% decision to delay the sale of the iPhone 6 in the world’s largest smartphone market: Some say it’s about China punishing Apple, and others say it’s about Apple punishing China.

The first conjecture is that Chinese regulators are behind the move. A report Wednesday by 21st Century Business Herald quoted an unnamed industry insider as saying that the Chinese government has yet to give Apple a network-access permit for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, though the required license would possibly be granted “in a week.”

Sina Tech reporter and member of the Sina Weibo Community Committee, Zheng Jun, appeared to bolster this theory, writing on his Weibo microblogging account that Apple had encountered “resistance” from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, which issues network-access permits for telecommunication equipment.

But others see Apple as taking revenge on Chinese wireless carriers which reportedly leaked details of the new iPhone.

Starting last week, the big three telecoms — China Mobile 0941, -2.57%CHL, -2.23% China Telecom 0728, -3.48%CHA, -2.72% and China Unicom0762, -3.31%CHU, -2.77% — posted some previously unrevealed information about the product, with China Telecom going as far as to display a photo of the iPhone 6 on its website, and China Mobile’s Hunan site disclosing the iPhone 6’s dimensions and Sept. 19 retail-launch date.

Clearly, the delay in the mainland China sales is an embarrassment for the Chinese carriers: All three were offering online pre-orders of the phone, but after Apple indicated Wednesday that the nation wouldn’t be among those taking part in the initial sales launch, they have since pulled down the pre-order pages.

“Why do the carriers post high-profile commercials ahead of the release, given that mainland China doesn’t have ‘first sale’ rights?” Zhong Yinghao, co-founder of Ru Guo Zhai Network Co., said on his Weibo account. “I think there’s a high likelihood that mainland China was dismissed due to the leaks.”

Likewise, a senior design-company executive that posts to Weibo under the name Aibulishen said the delayed China launch was “punishment for their [the telecoms’] not keeping in the spirit of their contract” with Apple."

Furthermore you said two months ago?
Your articles was written nearly a week ago

Again readings fundamental.

China’s largest mobile carrier is now accepting orders for the iPhone 6 ahead of the model’s official launch, according to China Daily.

The new phone will be available from China Mobile Beijing. China Mobile is the largest mobile phone operator by subscribers with 760 million of them. (That’s equivalent to more than double the population of the U.S.)"

Accepting orders does not = Released in China.
Accepting Orders as in Pre-Ordering the phone.
Apple & carriers will be doing the same over the coming days ahead of the launch.

Even the original source for the Yahoo article says

"
On Tuesday, a week before Apple Inc is set to unveil its next-generation smartphone, ChinaMobile Ltd - the world's biggest telecom carrier by subscriber number - kicked off onlinepreorders for the widely anticipated device.

China Mobile's preorder campaign also con
"

Sorry bruh but

 

[Jesus Shuttlesworth]

that's hong kong, not china.



https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/iphone-6-already-sale-china-091800917.html

Yes it said it will go on sale in Hong Kong on the 19th but not in China until later this year.

It definitely hasn't been "out for months" breh. I was trying to give you a chance to self correct. But you're wrong.

If it was out for months in China then they'd be on eBay and thus available in the States as well.

though.

 

[Tommy Knocks]

Yes it said it will go on sale in Hong Kong on the 19th but not in China until later this year.

It definitely hasn't been "out for months" breh. I was trying to give you a chance to self correct. But you're wrong.

If it was out for months in China then they'd be on eBay and thus available in the States as well.

though.

then these must be some good ass knock offs because I was just at a bar last week and someone had it.

 

[CashmereThoughts]

Apple iPhone 6 doesn't have sapphire?

No

 

[HacksawJimThuggin]

this dude and his


@ nobody in the Android thread being rooted

lmao I'm sayin. We regularly talk about which roms and kernels we're rockin at the moment in there.

Dogg, I just found out that Apple finally got battery stats, much like I had on my Galaxy S2. I don't know why that shyt is so funny to me.