China Unicom's GPhones to Launch This Month

Ccidcom, 1/21/10

According to the person responsible for the sale of Google GPhones for China Unicom (NYSE: CHU; 0762.HK; 600050.SH) subsidiary Unicom Huasheng, the two delayed GPhone handsets will at earliest launch at the end of January. The two handsets' retail prices have already been decided, with the Samsung GT-i6500U selling for more than RMB 3,000, and the Motorola XT701 selling for more than RMB 4,000. Users that agree to a 24-month contract will receive a calling credit subsidy from China Unicom. The source also revealed that sales would be restricted to a limited number of qualified sales outlets, and that the phones would not be made available too broadly at first.

Keywords: bundling pricing China Unicom Samsung Motorola wireless Unicom Huasheng 0762.HK 600050.SH CHU Motorola XT701 GT-i6500U GPhone handset

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