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Apple’s official carrier in South Korea, KT, revealed yesterday that iPhone has now surpassed the half-million (500,000) sales mark. This makes South Korea, a nation with 47 million total mobile subscribers, number 8 globally in first year iPhone sales. KT is understandably delighted. According to Pyo Hyun-myung, president of the mobile business group at KT; There [...]

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Here are a few excerpts from today’s (Jan 25, 2010) Apple (AAPL) Q1 2010 earnings conference call (full transcript via Seeking Alpha): Benjamin Reitzes – Barclays Capital With regard to the iPhone could you talk a little bit more about China and in particular did that meet your expectations in the quarter? How is that [...]

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The following post was co-authored by an iPhonAsia reader who wishes to remain anonymous It has been just 18 days since iPhone officially launched in Korea and it has already rocked domestic handset powerhouses Samsung and LG. There have been several jingoistic campaigns (funded by?) to undermine iPhone in Korea, yet these efforts have largely [...]

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The following post was written by an iPhonAsia reader who wishes to remain anonymous. Proud Samsung (now the largest conglomerate in the world) has opened up their bag of tricks to deal with the largely unanticipated threat of the iPhone. On the one hand they’ve hired some popular comedians to make an internet parody film [...]

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South Korean carrier KT has a hit on their hands! The iPhone is in hot demand and authorized retailers are quickly selling out of their allocations. The popularity of iPhone has taken many South Korean technology pundits by surprise. Particularly given the mobile phone hegemony heretofore enjoyed by South Korean handset manufacturers Samsung and LG. An [...]

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