Apple asks SK Telecom not to publish iPhone sales figures (South Korea)
South Korea’s SK Telecom has started taking pre-orders for the iPhone 4 last week, and was publishing a counter of how many it was selling, until the tally was suddenly removed from its website.
It is reported that the company was ordered to stop publishing sales figures by Apple. The company had taken 28,000 orders in the first seven hours of sales on the 9th March before the sales figures were taken down. The company stated that it was required to consult with the maker before publicizing the number of preliminary orders.
As per sources, Apple is overly sensitive in announcing the updates of orders, insinuating that Apple had asked for the sales figures to be removed.
Part of the reason could be that initial sales figures may have actually been weaker than expected. It was hoped that sales would match the fever when the iPhone 4 was originally offered by rival operator, Korea Telecom, but fell far short of the 100,000 sales that were expected.
As per sources, it is evident that Apple took action because the performance of SK Telecom wasn’t satisfactory.
SK Telecom to start iPhone sales (South Korea)
SK Telecom is all set to enter iPhone Market this month. The company will start selling the Apple iPhone 4 from March 16 with pre-orders to begin from Wednesday. This will end KT’s exclusive distribution of iPhones in the country and signals mounting competition between the two leaders in the market.
SK Telecom will offer similar contracts for the iPhone as KT but will try to attract customers with better customer service. It will replace faulty handsets with new ones if defects are found within seven days of purchase and any needed repairs will be done at SK Telecom’s own service center. It will also offer discounts for repair costs to loyal customers.
KT plans to fend off the challenge with its service know-how gained by selling iPhones over the past year.
T-Mobile initiates Samsung Omnia 7 Pre-Orders in UK
The Samsung Omnia 7 launch is nearly here in the UK. T-Mobile is preparing to launch Samsung Omnia 7 and has now opened up pre-orders although shipping time is around 10 days.
Buyers can purchase the device for £35 per month on a 24-month contract. If one pays £300 for the Omnia 7 and £10 per month one can get 100 minutes and 100 texts but without unlimited Internet.
There are a few other tariffs available. All you need is going to the company’s website and pick your desired tariff and follow the on-screen instructions.
The Samsung Omnia 7 has a 4-inch Super AMOLED display with a resolution of 800×480 pixels, a 1GHz Qualdcomm QSD8250 processor, a 5-megapixel camera with HD recording capabilities and Windows Phone 7 OS.
The Omnia 7 is the first of a series of Windows Phone 7 devices that will hit the market shortly; these will include the HTC 7 Mozart, the HTC 7 Trophy, the HTC HD7 and the LG optimus 7.
Vodafone UK takes a shine to RIM’s Pearl
Vodafone has quietly begun offering Research in Motion’s BlackBerry Pearl email phone to new customers. The carrier is currently taking pre-orders for the handset on its UK website.
Pearl is RIM’s first device to offer media playback features and to focus more on consumers than executives. It’s got a 1.3 megapixel camera, quad-band GSM/GPRS reception, Bluetooth and the company’s push email offering. The QWERTY keyboard uses RIM’s SureType prediction system, and there’s a trackball control in place of the usual BlackBerry jogwheel.
Source- http://www.reghardware.co.uk
