Apple confirmed an agreement with
China Mobile to offer the iPhone on the
China mobile by next month, The iPhone
5S and iPhone 5C will be available on
China Mobile starting by January 17, Pre-
registration of the phones will begin on
China Mobile’s website and through its
customer service hotline on Christmas
Day. though pricing and terms of deal
were not revealed yet.
According to research from Canalys, Apple
holds an 8% market share in China, 21%
in Samsung, 13 % in Lenovo.Also Chinese
company’s Yulong Computer
Telecommunication has an 11% market
share while Huawei has 9%.

With the new deal, Apple is looking to
change all these with the agreements
Apple already has with
China Telecom and China Unicom.
“Apple has enormous respect for China
Mobile and we are excited to begin
working together. China is an
extremely important market for Apple
and our
partnership with China Mobile
presents us the opportunity to bring
iPhone to the
customers of the world’s largest
network,” – said Apple CEO Tim Cook
in a press release.

By the analyst, Apple could sell 17
millions total iPhones on China Mobile in
2014, reaching approximately 2% of
China Mobile’s total subscriber base.
China Mobile chairmanXi Guohua. also
said in a statement
iPhone customers in China are an
enthusiastic and rapidly growing
group, and we can’t think of a better
way to welcome in the Chinese New
Year than getting an iPhone into the
hands of every China Mobile customer who wants one.

Apple’s iPhone is very much loved by
millions of customers around the world,
there are many China Mobile customers
and potential new customers who are
anxiously awaiting for this incredible
combination of iPhone on China Mobile’s
leading network.
The Good news is that iPhone on China
Mobile will now support 4G/TD-LTE and
3G/TD-SCDMA networks, providing
customers with high-speed mobile
service


Sources ; http://www.dawahnet.com/2013/12/apple-announced-a-deal-to-bring-iphone-to-china-mobiles-by-january.html