4 posts and columns on Chang Xiaobing

China Unicom Hopes to Sell Wi-Fi iPhone (“Hopes” Being the Operative Word Here)

in Mobile on March 8, 2010 at 9:53 am PT

A quick update on Apple’s relationship with China Unicom, the company’s carrier partner in China. According to China Unicom Chairman Chang Xiaobing, the two companies are discussing plans to debut a Wi-Fi-enabled version of the iPhone, something they couldn’t do previously because of a government regulation

Android Phone May Debut on China Unicom as Early as Next Week

in News on March 4, 2010 at 6:07 am PT

Google’s continuing discord with Beijing hasn’t hurt confidence in Android’s development in China. Despite the company’s postponement of the launch of two Android-based smartphones there, China Unicom, the country’s second largest carrier, says it still has every intention of selling Android devices. Now come reports that the company may debut one as early as next week.
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China Unicom: “iPhone Will Become China’s Best-Selling Smartphone.” We’re Just Not Sure When.

in News on December 10, 2009 at 5:16 am PT

A month after the iPhone’s sluggish launch in China, sales seem to be picking up. Though it sold just 5,000 handsets during its first weekend at market, China Unicom, Apple’s carrier partner in the country, says it has now sold more than 100,000 units of the super-smartphone since it went on sale on Oct. 30.
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China Unicom iPhone Sales Hit Record One Two-Hundredth of a Million

in News on November 3, 2009 at 7:37 am PT

What do you know: China Unicom just coughed up some first weekend sales numbers for the iPhone and…well, they’re not much to look at, despite what I said earlier. The carrier sold just 5,000.
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