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Didn't Apple take a more gentrified approach to their sales? I was under the impression that Apple didn't bother to market to any of the markets listed in that

Didn't Apple take a more gentrified approach to their sales? I was under the impression that Apple didn't bother to market to any of the markets listed in that article because they aren't THE LARGEST AND RICHEST MARKETS IN THE WORLD. It took them over 3 years to release ANY version of an iphone in finland (one of the listed nations in the article): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_iPhone#European_release http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_iPhone#European_... U.S.A. Release: June 28, 2007 Finland Release: September 30, 2010 It took them over a year to get to Greece, etc... People buy what's available and then stick to what they know, generally. I am not surprised by the findings of this article.

pavlov 13y ago
It took them over 3 years to release ANY version of an iphone in finland (one of the listed nations in the article): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_iPhone#European_.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_iPhone#European_.... You're reading the Wikipedia article wrong. The iPhone was released in Finland in 2008 when the 3G model came out, and that's stated in the article as well. The primary reason for not releasing the original iPhone in European markets was the lack of 3G. A 2G-only smartphone would have been a hard sell in European markets back in 2007-08 when 3G was already widely deployed and used.
Geee 13y ago
Not true; from the article: On May 27, 2008, TeliaSonera released a press release stating that it would start selling the iPhone in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia during 2008.