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Now
 that it’s carved some significant inroads into China, the world’s 
largest mobile market, Apple is turning its attention to the second 
largest as well: India. 
In the fourth quarter, iPhone shipments to India were about three to 
four times what they were in the third quarter, according to new 
research from IDC. And the research house expects them to grow roughly 
150 percent year-over-year in 2013.<br />

“We have seen overwhelming demand for Apple iPhone in India, not just
 for the latest iPhone 5, but also the lower cost previous versions,” 
IDC analyst Ryan Keith told <strong>AllThingsD</strong>. “It’s a huge market with great opportunity for Apple.”   <br />

The reason for this growth? The new iPhone 5, obviously. <a href="http://sikmentech.tk/">But also a more aggressive approach</a>
 to a big market that Apple has typically shied away from because of its
 price sensitivity and a distribution model the company previously found
 unappealing. <br />

In India, Apple sells iPhones on the open market, not through 
carriers that subsidize them and in so doing lower their selling price. 
And while India is among the fastest-growing wireless markets in the 
world, it’s also highly price sensitive. That’s been problematic for 
Apple, which has traditionally been unwilling to cut prices to drive 
volume. <br />

But recently Apple has been working with Indian distributors to offer
 installment-based payment plans for the iPhone. And it has 
significantly ramped up its marketing efforts in the country, in some 
cases working directly with distributors on advertisements. Apple did 
this with TheMobileStore, a national retail chain that operates 1,000 
outlets across India, and CEO Himanshu Chakrawarti tells <strong>AllThingsD</strong> the effort was a success. <br />

“Following the launch of iPhone 5 we met Apple and both of us felt 
that we could significantly energize entry to mid-level smartphone 
buyers to upgrade to an iPhone,” Chakrawarti said. “[We ran a campaign] 
in January 2013 that was very successful. Our sales jumped about 200 
percent.”<br />

Evidently Apple is seeing some decent early results from such 
efforts, though clearly it has its work cut out for it. The company has a
 piddling share of India’s smartphone market, which is currently 
dominated by arch-rival Samsung. But it seems to be working to change 
that — as much as it can afford to right now, anyway. <br />

As CEO Tim Cook noted on Apple’s last earnings call, India is not as high a priority as certain other markets, like China. <br />

“I love India, but I believe that Apple has some higher potential in 
the intermediate term in some other countries,” Cook said. “That doesn’t
 mean that we’re not putting emphasis in India — we are. We have a 
business there; that business is growing, but the multilayer 
distribution there really adds to the cost of getting products to 
market. So we’re going to continue putting some energies there, but from
 my own perspective, in the intermediate term there will be larger 
opportunities outside of there.”</div>

A Big Year for Apple’s iPhone in India

Airtel Now that it’s carved some significant inroads into China, the world’s largest mobile market, Apple is turning its att...

<strong>Vodafone déconseille aux possesseurs d’iPhone 4S de faire la 
mise à jour vers iOS 6.1. Si ce n’est pas trop tard, l’opérateur leur 
demande d’attendre la prochaine mise à jour du système d’Apple. </strong> <br />

La raison de cet avertissement ? Certains possesseurs d’iPhone 4S 
équipés de cette version ne parviendraient pas à accéder au réseau 3G 
afin de recevoir des appels et/ou des SMS. La connexion à Internet 
serait également problématique. <a href="http://sikmentech.tk/" target="_blank">Sur son forum</a>, l’opérateur dit qu’Apple est au courant du problème et travaille sur un correctif. Voilà qui a le mérite d’être clair.<br />

Ce bogue n’est pas spécifique à Vodafone. Sur <a href="http://sikmentech.tk/" target="_blank">nos forums</a>, nous avons plusieurs témoignages de lecteurs chez Sosh, B&You ou encore Free qui se plaignent de problèmes similaires : <a alt="IOS6.1 plus de données cellulaires - Forum Mac" href="http://sikmentech.tk/" target="_blank">IOS6.1 plus de données cellulaires</a> et  <a alt="iPhone 4S et 3G - Forum Mac" href="http://sikmentech.tk/" target="_blank">iPhone 4S et 3G</a>. <br />

D’après les témoignages recueillis, ce problème semble concerner 
exclusivement ce modèle. Des utilisateurs affirment avoir des soucis 
avec la 3G sur d’autres appareils, mais le problème n’est pas de même 
nature apparemment.  <br />

Par contre, il est difficile de savoir si ce problème touche un nombre important ou non de possesseurs d’iPhone 4S.<br />

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IOS 6.1 : l’iPhone 4S a du mal avec la 3G

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