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Apple iPhone 4S to Launch in 15 More Countries on Nov. 11
Nov 1st
The iPhone 4S will be available in Hong Kong and 14 additional countries on November 11, Apple announced Tuesday.
Apple’s fifth-gen smartphone will go on sale in Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Malta, Montenegro, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Portugal, Romania, and South Korea next week.
While the iPhone 4S looks the same as the iPhone 4 from the outside, Apple has completely revamped the phone’s innards to include a dual-core A5 processor, a souped-up 8-megapixel camera, Siri voice controls, and iOS 5.
The iPhone 4S is currently available in 29 countries. Apple added 22 countries to the original seven last week. Next week’s addition will bring the total number of countries that have the iPhone 4S to 42. Apple said the iPhone 4S will launch in 70 countries by the end of the year.
However, Apple has not mentioned when the phone will launch in mainland China, the fastest-growing market for the iPhone.
3G iPhone costs $224 for Apple.
Jul 21st
The American analysis center iSupply evaluated the 3G iPhone cost and identified his main suppliers. For an 3G iPhone of 8GB, the cost price is about $174, against $227 for the first version of the iPhone. Adding $50 in the manufacture cost, for the intellectual property, the cost for Apple of one 3GiPhone of 8GB is $224.33.
The survey center notes that the conception of this new model aims a decreasing price rather than an innovation will. iSupply confirm that the 3G iPhone was thought to be affordable to a larger public than his predecessor in order to win market shares.
The 3G iPhone is sold $499 for most of operator, who subsidize it for about $300, which means a gross profit of 55% for Apple.
Finally, touching the main components suppliers of iPhone, it is the Technology Infineon chipsets which are used for the 3G and the GPS.
CTIA Wireless 2009
Jul 18th
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CTIA Wireless 2009
April 2009 Las Vegas, USA www.ctiawireless.com
The convergence of more than 1,200 exhibiting companies, dozens of industries, and over 40,000 professionals from 125 countries. Mobile Entertainment magazine will once again be a media partner for the foremost trade event in the North America calander.
GDC 2009
Jul 18th
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GDC 2009
March 23rd 2009 San Francisco, USA
The biggest developer event in the world returns for yet another stab at bringing the game development community togather.
Mobile World Congress
Jul 18th
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Mobile World Congress
February 16th-19th 2009 Barcelona, Spain http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/
More than 55.000 visitors attended the GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in 2008. No doubt there will be a few thousand more in 2009. We will be there too as an official media partner.
CES
Jul 18th
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CES
January 8th-11th 2009 Las Vegas, USA www.cesweb.org
What better way to shake off the post-holiday blues than by standing in a big huge sweaty convention centre ?
Mobile Asia Congress
Jul 18th
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Mobile Asia Congress
November 18th-20th 2008 Macau www.mobilityworldcongress.com
GSMA Mobile Asia Congress (formerly 3GSM World Congress Asia) is the sister event to Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Symbian Smartphone Show
Jul 18th
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Symbian Smartphone Show
October 21st-22nd London, UK www.smartphoneshow.com
This London show pretty much has everything to do with Symbian-based smartphones all under one roof, encompassing devices right through to content and application.
Meet-Up
Jul 18th
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Meet-Up
October 16th London, UK www.mobile-ent.biz/meet-up
Our third Meet-Up networking event of the year.
MIPCOM
Jul 18th
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MIPCOM
October 13th-17th Cannes, France www.mipcom.com
MIPCOM 2007 drew 13,371 participants, a seven per cent increase on the 12,509 industry professionals present in 2006
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