Unicom defend iPhone 4: malicious unpacking phone or bricks

IPhone4 in popular sales for China Unicom and joy and sorrow.

Unicom Edition iPhone4 is increasingly malicious clearance sale, China Mobile has more frequently for iPhone4 user's special services, is touched isn't that vendors China Unicom's interests.

Finally, the forbearance of China Unicom has made plans to be frozen iPhone4 contract "unpacking card" calls "tough decisions".

However, even if China Unicom has good reason to fight against the "malicious unpacking" industry questioned whether there are technical means can support.

To this end, an operator who pointed out that "Unicom simply detected already demolished sells iPhone4 phone IMEI serial code library from activation, it becomes a piece of scrap metal iPhone4. This is a little issues. ”

Stop card outages "technically no problem"

Since the end of September this year, China Unicom Edition since the iPhone4 listing "there have been some on the market for China Unicom iPhone4 contract plan after malicious unpacking, selling at high prices, low-price selling phone iPhone4 card", China Unicom recently announced that, from 1 December onwards to a new contract for the iPhone launch "machine cards on new policies, that is, if it is discovered that the contract in the mobile phone and number for card use, not binding appears unpacking, China Unicom will have the right to contract planned to freeze in advance deposit.

Because of this, yesterday (23 November) China related persons in national business news interview, said all the conspiracy of Unicom Edition iPhone4 IMEI code, and the iPhone4 when agency sold from the interchange of the Unicom mobile phone number and the micro-SIM card one-to-one, "companies can know in the background, a number is not being sold at the time of the contract, if the iPhone4 use over time, the numbers are in the ratio to be found not in the corresponding iPhone4, that will be identified as ' unpacking card ', which calls will be frozen.

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As far as "how long found several isolated" card will be frozen on specific operational issues calls, said the Unicom Group 1 December will have a related interpretation.

"For example, for a period of one month or a certain time period. "For example.

In addition, an operator who also pointed out that this introduction of China Unicom card on the new policy, in addition to being able to freeze the unpacking card calls will threaten the unpacking iPhone4: "Unicom simply detected already demolished sells iPhone4 phone IMEI serial code library from activation, it becomes a piece of scrap metal iPhone4 unless users never go online, do not connect to iTunes App or not connected.

This is a little issues. ”

"Win-win-win" malicious unpacking

3 point yesterday afternoon, national business news reporter in the Huaihai Road in Shanghai, a venue to sell IT, met recently had two iPhone4 clearance sale business iPhone parallel importers Liu Tao.

"5880 element from Unicom buy a 16G Edition iPhone4 plus contains 5880 element contracts set meal calls for the micro-SIM card, first 6000 block the iPhone4 sell, then 600 block of the micro-SIM card sold, yilaierqu, I cleared a 720 Yuan to buy the phone who do not have to queue up to buy the bare metal, the equivalent of buying a calling card for a discount.

It is a ' win '. ”

Liu Tao told reporters that since Apple began his own retail store sold since the iPhone bare metal by three years of booming parallel iPhone business suddenly quiet a lot, "October Unicom for iPhone4 came out, the stored 5880 element, $ calls it gratis 6999 mobile phone, our business is doing.

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The original business do not understand, Liu Tao started thinking about a new way.

11 holiday period, Liu Tao and several acquaintance "peer" to $ 30 per person price hired 20 more temporary workers to Apple retailers Queuing iPhone4, get the machine back by Hebei, Heilongjiang, peer, sell to local, "then a machine can earn thousands. "Liu Tao said.

However, the brokering of bare-metal "boom" is not long, in the eleven holiday is coming to an end, Apple announced the sale of the iPhone4 into line, in this way, Liu Tao casual Queuing approach doesn't work.

Liu Tao unwilling to give up the hand of business opportunities, "in which profit is only done for so many years of iPhone business."

Thus, Liu Tao will look to China Unicom Edition iPhone4 and was excited to come to the so-called "triple win" theory, "Unfortunately the cargo version iPhone4 Unicom is not good, and I only get the last week of a part of and 16G 32G.

We can't get the bulk of the machine, it is said that the North and southwest of better than Shanghai, one-time get 5 to 10 machines. ”

Buy iPhone4 more understandable, but the micro-SIM card to whom you want to sell?, Liu Tao explains that his two iPhone4 contract SIM cards are sold to SP 's, "they usually what is mass SMS, calls are substantial.

We sell card when it is put that time to do the card photocopy to the buyer, this guarantee will not be because we sell card and to transfer. ”

As of 23 November 18 points, use the "$" and "transfer" and "iPhone4 contract card" to a few key words, Baidu search to find relevant pages about 3350, sellers are located respectively in Liaoning province, Chongqing, Shanghai and other places, while unpacking card pricing is around $ 600.

The plight of the battle of stock

According to reports, China Unicom Vice President Li will this card better than the policies described as "Unicom self-protection, an important measure

Shi ". But on the new deal of enforceability, he made clear that this is forced to at first I didn't think so, because there is no consideration to the vicious competition. Any genuine iPhone4 has identification number, where it is able to sell, even if it is not connected to the Internet can also be monitored.

According to China Unicom listed companies published data, in October, China Unicom 3 g new user reaches all-time high 110.2 million.

According to Li, the 110.2 million 3 g, add new users, there are more than 20% are iPhone4 users.

In the experience to bring the joy of the iPhone4, Unicom has ushered from China Mobile's direct "challenges".

Since last month, China Mobile has launched services in various locations, parallel user iPhone4 bare-metal "cut card" (the Mobile SIM card cut applies to the micro-SIM card iPhone4 size) and free swap cards (only for GSM users, free SIM card into the micro-SIM card), then in 10086 customer service hotline within the "iPhone" designed seats.

In order to further consolidate the use mobile numbers move the current iPhone users, but also over the network to the user request further services to iPhone users. Many user suggestions to China Mobile's existing services bundled with the iPhone, such as "move MM (software shops) on the establishment of iPhone application area" and "the establishment of the community in 139 Apple user Exchange district," and "launched for iPhone's set meal", etc.

It is worth noting that the iPhone's version of "China Mobile" contract packages are also available in the near future.

In Jinan, Shandong, by 2010 the net of Jinan area GSM users, to move the account manager for phone reservations, you can check the "save call sent iPhone" activities. User as long as the commitments monthly phone bill using must and commitment in the network for three years, free use of 3 g and 4 g iPhone.

For China Mobile in the world in the iPhone users in the above service brand, China Unicom has stressed that at present in China mainland, Apple only and China Unicom has undertaken with regard to cooperation, only the iPhone4 testing through micro-card can only be applied to the iPhone4 mobile, is the right of the card.

A lot of stock into iPhone4 soft ribs

Hot sale for China Unicom and Hei and the bad, in fact, Unicom current biggest weakness is the continued backorder-iPhone4.

Unicom contract Edition iPhone4 from 17 September to start user subscriptions, one week subscription number has exceeded 20 million.

According to reports, Unicom first sales of close to 10 iPhone4 million, the second batch of Unicom Edition iPhone4 in "11" period and small batch arrived, but soon depleted. Unicom stakeholders yesterday disclosed, the third instalment of Unicom contract Edition iPhone4 started small-scale arrival, the provinces are in accordance with the user in advance to purchase in order to notify the user.

It is understood that the interchange take the iPhone4 sell out soon "fast forward" sales policy, in order to facilitate access by the user, as soon as the purchase of the goods to the shop-o organization.

Subject to the Apple supplier limits, each province branch delivery limited. According to the national business news from Shanghai Unicom insiders Department know, each time goods delivery, iPhone4 each business office assigned to quantity does not exceed 100. At present the iPhone4 reservation number 16G, basically is in short supply status, the third instalment of the arrival of the iPhone4 supply relative 32G full, users can try a subscription.

China Unicom data show that since the iPhone4 on sale hot pursuit by the user, the current appointment the number of users has more than 60 million.

And without the Unicom or Apple connection confirmation of third-party data show that as of now, Unicom version iPhone shipment quantity of 40 000. There exists a gap of 20 million.

"Very hard", Li describing last year and Apple iPhone discussion introduces a degree of difficulty.

If the current shortage of iPhone4 has not changed, then the next battle in this field, the difficult part will be not only that.