China is the largest mobile market in the world and, since early 2014, Apple can rely on the distribution of its iPhone at the operator China Mobile, colossus more than 700 million subscribers, in addition to operators China Telecom and China Unicom.
The presence of the iPhone in the Chinese market has helped generate record volumes in recent quarters and carry the group’s financial results even in the peak period of the first quarter of the year.
The marketing of iPhone 6 in China therefore of critical importance to the group but the Cupertino launch Friday, September 19, 2014 will be without this valuable ally, Apple’s smartphone has not yet obtained all necessary permissions.
This was noted by observers, China does not appear among the first markets served and the California group giving no indication of a launch date that could be reduced to 2015.
The agency Xinhua has yet to indicate that the different variants of the iPhone 6 for Chinese operators (each handling a different 3G network but are found on 4G TD-LTE) scored two three authorizations for their commercilaisation in the Middle Kingdom.
The smartphone has passed certification 3C , equivalent to CE certification in Europe, and got the green light from the Chinese telecoms regulator. It still lacks the “ network access license before they can enter the market of mainland China “, reports Xinhua.
As usual, the time required to obtain such permission is unknown and may even lead to a postponement of the launch in 2015 Apple has seen its stock price heckled with the uncertainty of the Chinese launch after the keynote September 9, 2014 and must wait patiently.
This additional time may be linked to criticism of Apple and making the American high-tech group (and many others) a potential threat to the National Security , after the revelations of Edward Snowden documents not always lawful interception of American intelligence services, some analysts speculate.
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