Talks amoung Apple and China Mobile squelched… or are they?

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Barely a fortnight after Apple began talking with China Mobile about getting the iPhone into the ginormous Chinese market, it seems that negotiations are off — or still on, or something. Yesterday, Nanfang Daily reported that China Mobile’s CEO felt that the “iPhone model was not suitable for China,” but unnamed reporters suggested that the real reason behind the call-off was the inability for both entities to agree on — surprise, surprise — a revenue sharing model. Today, however, a report by at Bloomberg notes that Apple has in fact not ended discussions with China Mobile, and

moreover, it was said to have “denied newspaper reports” claiming otherwise. ‘Course, we’ve got two sides of the story here, and while Apple may feel that there’s still room to negotiate, China Mobile may see things quite differently. instance will tell, we guess.

[Via Macworld]
Read - Nanfang Daily report
Read - Bloomberg report

 

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