Apple cancel the offering iPhone4S in China, triggering riots

This is only one vendor's product can make people queued through the night, can also lead to "scalper" out in force, and that is Apple. Beijing 2012 January 13, 7 am Apple started selling the iPhone 4S in China, although this time has passed from the sale of the first iPhone 4S three months, although the Hong Kong version of the iPhone 4S price has dropped to 5000RMB, but Apple fans with the scalper is still fanatical pursuit. However, the result is a disappointing things: the Apple China mobile phones store abruptly announced the cancellation of sale, triggering scalper's shouting and fans out of control.

     People! In addition to people or people! Although the day of Beijing's temperature below zero, but the Apple store front or full of people. Back in Beijing last night from the Apple store has more than 1,000 people lined up.

     Night two in the morning, the number began to rise. In order to prevent accidents outside the team has played a cordon around. Stores not only in front of police, security, and even special police, armed police also came to "escorting", it seems that once the sale has attracted the attention of the whole Beijing.

The audience were waiting in the cold night, the audience's expectations of them in a warm and did not wait for Apple to open store to sell. Apple announces "iPhone 4S starting to cancel, today is no longer available products." The news made ​​everyone dumbfounded. Mess up the order immediately, and now many users gathered at the scene, and shouted to open the door. Apple stores have been closed this door, there is no response.

Currently Apple has not yet made ​​any views on this incident.

SMS is about to become obsolete? Sonera: Christmas SMS volume fell 22%

If the answer is yes, for telecom operators is not good news.

However, Finland, Australia, Hong Kong operators must accept this reality. Christmas Eve in 2011, these three countries and regions, SMS usage has fallen markedly.

Finland. According to Finnish telecom operator Sonera statistical data, people in the Christmas Eve message sent 8.5 million, compared with last year's 10.9 million decreased 2.4 million, a decline of 22%. And another operator for young users DNA, is also experiencing this decline - 5.6 million text messages sent this year than last year's 5.9 million less 30 million. BTW, the Finnish population is 540 million.

Australia. According to an independent blog author Richard Blundell integrated data telecommunications operator Telstra, Telstra's network to send text messages within the Australian passion also decay in 2010, sending 881 per person in 2011 this figure dropped to 810.

In fact, according to Telstra's data, from 2006 to 2010, sending text messages has been growing, and in 2010 began to turn downhill. According to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data, data usage surge in 2011, a year ago, only a single mobile data traffic throughout the year more than 400 M, 2011 annual average flow rate of each mobile phone use 1.6G, an increase of 3 times.

SMS decline, increased data traffic, because people are increasingly turning to Facebook, Twitter, BBM or iMessage and other tools to communicate. Such as voice intercom application Talkbox very popular in Hong Kong has become a way of eroding SMS users (students reply comments area: Whatsapp the most popular, Talkbox at the back). Christmas this year, Hong Kong, the number of China mobile phones users send text messages dropped by about 14%, down from 29.92 million 21.62 million. Hong Kong resident population of approximately 700 million people (2010 data), the average per person in 2010 to send 60 text messages in 2011, this figure dropped to 49.

The number of Americans send text messages did not decline, increased year by year. But growth is slowing, according to UBS telecom analyst John Hodulik statistical data, the first quarter of 2011, net U.S. carrier text messaging increase of only 10% lower than the first quarter of 2010, 16%. MGI analyst called this trend "SMS erosion".

Apple's U.S. market share rose, but fell in Europe

Wonder for all the myth of the Apple iPhone, Apple's hot in the world, the major smart phone manufacturers do nothing to stop. But with the death of Steve Jobs, Apple is undergoing some subtle changes. Foreign research firm recently released survey shows Apple's market share began to decrease in Europe, while U.S. market share rise.

    Research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech12 data released on 23 May at the end of November, 12 weeks, Apple's market share in the U.S. from a year ago, 25% to 36%, continuing a steady rise. However, France's market share from 29% to 20%, Germany, from 27% to 22%, while this phenomenon occurs in many European countries, this is one of the few times Apple's downward trend. Industry insiders believe that the selling Android phone is the primary factor, Apple popular in Asia, including China mobile phones market revenue for Apple to make no small contribution.

    After the death of Steve Jobs, the new CEO does not yet have too many sources to the outside world. Appears before the introduction of the iPhone 5, Apple will continue to keep a low profile.