Precedent: Last major Russian carrier drops deal with Apple

12 July, 2013
Apple's upcoming retail store and functioning online store will offer iPhone, iPad, iPod, etc.

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  • 14 Jul 2013

Anonymous, 14 Jul 2013Dont believe the intellectually dishonist propagandists... ... moreHear that crying sound? That's Tim Cook lamenting about ios 7 delays and the iPhone manufacturing problems at their China plants.

Looks like their current efforts are going to dwarf the iPhone 5 quality problem.

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    • Anonymous
    • GT6
    • 14 Jul 2013

    AnonD-1825, 14 Jul 2013Interesting exactly, thanks for hint! I didnt knew apple... moreThey're losing market share in 4 of the 5 largest markets in the world, including China. What percentage of phones in China are ios? Hahaha.

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      • Anonymous
      • Y9@
      • 14 Jul 2013

      Russian millionaires don't care. Just put their children on a flight to the US to pick them up some iPhones.

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        • AnonD-156746
        • Xux
        • 14 Jul 2013

        AnonD-87800, 14 Jul 2013Notification center has a pending patent application at the... moreIn the same way samsung denied use of multiwindow to the developers even though it is in no way invented it or improved it...(btw,is there anything wrong in being a CM developer (o.O))

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          • AnonD-87800
          • jKZ
          • 14 Jul 2013

          AnonD-156746, 14 Jul 2013the claim of Xerox was dissmissed in a legal court,only LG ... moreNotification center has a pending patent application at the USPTO since 2009.
          http://androidandme.com/2012/02/news/googles-notification-bar-patent-could-spell-trouble-for-apple/

          Years after Google came out with the notification bar, Apple applied for notification bar patent.
          http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/01/03/apple-applies-for-ios-notification-center-patent-years-after-googles-notification-bar

          Now tell me how could Apple apply for a patent that already pre existed? How could Apple claim ownership of the notification bar that it blatantly ripped off from Android? How would you feel if somebody steal your phone then claim it as his own?

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            • AnonD-87800
            • jKZ
            • 14 Jul 2013

            AnonD-156746, 14 Jul 2013okay apple sued good guy samsung,then what do you want to s... moreYou sound like one of the CM Developers.
            Anyway, you now seem to get the point. But Apple has long been guilty of stopping innovation by patent trolling and litigations.

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              • Anonymous
              • GT6
              • 14 Jul 2013

              Anonymous, 14 Jul 2013Dont believe the intellectually dishonist propagandists... ... moreWow, Apple sales down 11% from Q1 last year, Samsung, Sony and LG up big.

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                • p77
                • 14 Jul 2013

                Anonymous, 14 Jul 2013Interesting developments in China. news.cnet.com/8301-10... moreInteresting exactly, thanks for hint!

                I didnt knew apple doing so well in china

                http://gs.statcounter.com/?chart_type=line&statType_hidden=mobile_os&region=China&region_hidden=CN#mobile_vendor-CN-daily-20130101-20130713

                It looks like apple growing nicely in china. Good to see that china people have found iPhone.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • GT6
                  • 14 Jul 2013

                  Interesting developments in China.

                  news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57587023-94/android-now-owns-half-of-chinas-smartphone-market/

                  Apple better hope their expensive cheap strategy works.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • GT6
                    • 14 Jul 2013

                    Ask the ffanboys how Apple is doing in the 3rd largest smartphone market in the world

                    techcrunch.com/2013/06/26/india-third-in-smartphone-world/

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                      • Anonymous
                      • GT6
                      • 14 Jul 2013

                      Dont believe the intellectually dishonist propagandists...

                      news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57591022-94/iphone-loses-market-share-in-europe-as-android-surges/

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                        • Anonymous
                        • njM
                        • 14 Jul 2013

                        AnonD-1825, 14 Jul 2013Also lets not forgot motorola who post loss q after qThen try advise others to buy HTC and Motorola Android based devices if you wanna support them.

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                          • p77
                          • 14 Jul 2013

                          AnonD-1825, 14 Jul 2013"HTC has been struggling for a long time and it was th... moreAlso lets not forgot motorola who post loss q after q

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                            • Anonymous
                            • njM
                            • 14 Jul 2013

                            AnonD-1825, 14 Jul 2013"HTC has been struggling for a long time and it was th... moreBut you already said that you don't understand why Apple has to win against other companies like HTC for example. That means you support and want all Android based companies to succeed isn't it ? :)
                            But you should know that you can support these Android based companies only by buying their products.

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                              • p77
                              • 14 Jul 2013

                              Shootergod, 14 Jul 2013Where did you hear that fair tale? because it has proven to... more"HTC has been struggling for a long time and it was the company's hope that the recently launched HTC One would finally turn their fortunes around. But according to its latest earnings call, the company is still very much in trouble.

                              HTC's profits have fallen sharply suffering a 98% decline year over year. The company said its net profit was around $2.85 million, down from $152 million last year. This is the lowest profit the company has reported since 2004."

                              Also sony is in big trouble so is lg

                              "HTC Suffers Another Bad Quarter, With Profits Down 83% In Its Q2"

                              So this is "doing good" for you?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • njM
                                • 14 Jul 2013

                                If you read carefully most of the comments on this site and others are only propaganda in Apple's favor.

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                                  • AnonD-104839
                                  • Lde
                                  • 14 Jul 2013

                                  Russian carriers have failed to bring contract phone sale model to the masses. And they cannot compete at all with other resellers. And 'grey market' iPhone sales are valuable here in Russia.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • njM
                                    • 14 Jul 2013

                                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propaganda
                                    "Propaganda is a form of communication aimed towards influencing the attitude of the community toward some cause or position by presenting only one side of an argument. Propaganda statements may be partly false and partly true. Propaganda is usually repeated and dispersed over a wide variety of media in order to create the chosen result in audience attitudes."

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • njM
                                      • 14 Jul 2013

                                      Shootergod, 14 Jul 2013Where did you hear that fair tale? because it has proven to... moreThat's called propaganda by spreading false information and false rumors like Nazi did in the past in order to conquer the world. These marketing trolls they think they're smart. LOL

                                        AnonD-1825, 14 Jul 2013And still many android OEMS are in big trouble. Just sayingWhere did you hear that fair tale? because it has proven totally wrong if you open your eyes and look around!

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