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Not Everyone in China Wants to Buy an iPhone

This sales number was expected but Apple and many analysts thought that China was a different market. Their assessment has been off track. The same problem happened during India launch and similar projections were given by analysts. iPhone is a complete flop in India and China will follow suit. Expect the same low numbers from South Korea launch. Apple cannot replicate its success outside US for many reasons. Everyone says that China has a 700 million mobile phone base and just a small fraction of those users buying iPhones will be sufficient to boost Apple's market share. That's not going to happen. For all the great things written about iPhone, analysts should know that US sales rose after Apple slashed handset price to $199. Apple will see increased sales when AT&T introduces buy 1, get 1 iPhone free for $99. It's not too late for this sales to be announced.