We are in new york all week long. Along with sam grow part. We got big news out of china print apple and china mobile have officially announced they are together and will start selling phones this friday. Starting this weekend. And this as potentially 700 million subscribers for apple. It is a huge deal for apple. It definitely gives them a potential boost as they see their market share numbers get a little bit flat or a little down. In context, the largest wireless carrier carrier in the u. S. Is verizon. They have 100 million subscribers. The 700 million figure for china mobile might include many other things that are not phones but conservatively, it is twice as big as verizon if not more. The other big deal is that apple only has 10 stores in china. They are trying to increase that number but this adds 3000 retail outlets where they can sell the iphone. Apple stores have always been very successful around the world. Of tappingbig place into that network of retailers, 3000 of them,
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