September saw iPad is unlikely to be licensed

Unicom officials have not announced the launch date of the licensed iPad, and various types of distribution channels have seen an endless stream of lace news.

"China Unicom licensed version of iPad" is still just a legend.

This legendary product has not yet listed on the outbreak of a number of oolong events. IT and digital products agency Digital China claimed in its first-quarter 2010 financial report that it had obtained Apple iPhone and iPad distribution rights, but soon made a clarification in a statement on August 26, saying that with Apple still In the negotiations, the statement in the financial report "is incorrect."

At the end of August, the Beijing Sam's Club shop also sent text messages to some members. These messages said that members of the color page product Apple iPad Tablet PC, "because Apple's delay in listing in China led to the store temporarily unable to arrive."

Prior to this, the news that Unicom’s licensed version of the iPad will be listed in China has long been known. In some media reports, China Unicom's iPad can be listed at the earliest in early September, and there will be "surprising" prices, the minimum price not exceeding 3,500 yuan. This price is already very close to the mainstream price in the Hong Kong market.

But now it seems that Apple's fans want to buy a licensed iPad, but also need to wait for some time. A related senior executive of Suning Appliance told “First Financial Weekly” that in the Suning store, it is unlikely that the iPad will be licensed in September. Regarding the distribution of the iPad, Apple has indeed had contact with Suning, but the two sides have not started substantive negotiations.

Suning Appliance was also considered to be one of the first distributors in the iPad. "The earliest will start selling in mid-September and sell with Unicom."

Although the rumors are being clarified one by one, but the domestic major agents and channel dealers seem to be eyeing the mainstream iPad, it still brings enough momentum for this product, enough to make Apple secretly delighted.

"September listing" is already the second version of the date of listing of licensed iPads. The first version appeared at the end of April this year, when the news about the listing date was considered to be in May, in sync with Apple's other international markets outside the United States. At the same time, news that China Unicom is negotiating with Apple on the introduction of the iPad has continued to spread.

However, to this day, China Unicom has never officially announced the iPad's launch date. Instead, it is using lace news from various distribution channels.

This "hungry marketing" approach has been used repeatedly by Apple. In the United States, Apple had asked Best Buy and other distributors to implement a strict purchase restriction policy. Each customer can only purchase two iPads with proof of identity, and even once imposed more restrictions on Chinese-born buyers - preventing them from importing into the Asian market. The listing date of international markets such as Europe has also been postponed for one to two months.

If Apple wants to use this to crack down on the price of the parallel iPad, at least for now, the effect is not obvious. A distributor of Pacific Computer City said that the price of 64G with Wi-Fi and 3G is still stable at around 7,400 yuan, and the minimum configuration of 16G Wi-Fi also needs 5,200 yuan.

iPad scandal target Digital China Digital August 24, Digital China in its second quarter 2010 financial statement claimed that "in the face of 3G applications bring intelligent terminal market demand strong opportunities to expand, including Apple iPhone / iPad, Tablet PC and The intellectual mobile phone and electronic paper books and other intelligent terminal equipment management rights, and successfully obtained the nine major qualifications of the three major telecom operators, becoming a nationwide service provider covering China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom's three major telecom operators.” .

However, two days later, it issued a clarification statement, saying that "the relevant statement on the iPad is not strict enough, causing misreading by the media." At present, it is actively consulting with Apple and hopes to cooperate to expand the Chinese market.

Suning Appliance August 28, media reports that Suning stores will start in mid-September sales iPad mainstream, synchronized with China Unicom, and said the news from Suning Appliance North China area responsible person.

However, Suning has never officially announced this news. On August 30th, relevant senior officials of Suning Appliance headquarters made a clarification to “First Financial Weekly”.

China Unicom has been listed on the iPad since April, and Unicom’s plan to introduce the iPad has continued to spread. There have been reports that Unicom will only sell iPad dedicated SIM cards, and the latest version is China Unicom will also sell iPad machine.

According to the current news, Unicom has internal divisions in its cooperation with Apple. The iPhone 3GS is marketed by Unicom Huasheng for sales and promotion, while the iPhone 4 and iPad are directly responsible for Unicom headquarters.

Up till now, Unicom has not announced any official news about the IPO of the iPad.

Wal-Mart In May, Gary Severson, Wal-Mart’s senior vice president of entertainment business, told some US media that “we expect to start selling the Apple iPad later this year.”

Previously, Best Buy was the main sales channel for the Apple iPad outside Apple stores. In response, Apple spokesman Steve Dowling said that since the Apple iPad was listed, "not yet announced any retail partner."

At the end of August, the Beijing Sam's Club shop also sent text messages to some members. These messages said that members of the color page product Apple iPad Tablet PC, "because Apple's delay in listing in China led to the store temporarily unable to arrive."