{"id":10402,"date":"2011-09-20T03:09:57","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T03:09:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-09-20T03:09:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T03:09:57","slug":"Apple-to-start-selling-iPad-2-tablets-with-cellular-network-compatibility-in-China-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10402","title":{"rendered":"Apple to start selling iPad 2 tablets with cellular-network compatibility in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple Inc. said it will start selling a version of its iPad 2 tablet computer with third-generation cellular-network compatibility in China on Wednesday. The move could boost Apple’s iPad sales in a crucial growing market where Apple is also expanding its retail presence.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

The 3G version of the iPad 2 will be available in Apple retail stores, its online store and at authorized resellers, an Apple representative said. Apple currently offers only versions of the iPad 2 with Wi-Fi wireless compatibility in mainland China. Still, consumers in China, which according to research firm IDC surpassed the U.S. as the world’s largest personal-computer market in the second quarter, have been purchasing 3G tablets through unofficial channels. <\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for China Unicom (Hong Kong) Ltd. (CHU), the only Chinese mobile carrier to offer the iPhone, wasn’t immediately able to comment. China Unicom doesn’t yet offer the iPad 2 but has said it hopes to do so. Separately, Apple plans to open its fifth retail store in China on Friday in Shanghai. Apple’s four full-service stores in mainland China already receive the most traffic of any of its stores in the world. <\/p>\n

The new stores reflect Apple’s confidence in rising demand for its products such as smartphones and tablet computers. Sales in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan helped boost the company’s third-quarter results. Greater China revenue surged six-fold to about $3.8 billion during the three months ended June 25. As in other countries, the iPad dominates China’s tablet market. The iPad had a 74% market share by unit sales in the second quarter, according to Beijing research firm Analysys International.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

SOURCE<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apple Inc. said it will start selling a version of its iPad 2 tablet computer with third-generation cellular-network compatibility in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1213,"featured_media":72448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x90.jpg","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"Joshua","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62ee23f8f40307578d1f284ecd823d77f32da8ea35541e7dbdafeb5da1a4e877?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Apple Inc. said it will start selling a version of its iPad 2 tablet computer with third-generation cellular-network compatibility in","magazineBlocksPostCategories":[],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":140,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":2,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"medium":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u.jpg",113,170,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/u-113x150.jpg",113,150,true]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"Joshua","author_link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?author=1213"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/62ee23f8f40307578d1f284ecd823d77f32da8ea35541e7dbdafeb5da1a4e877?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}