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Video: Apple's event marketing meets its match in China
December 4, 2012: 10:21 AM ETThe iPhone 5 faces fierce competition in the world's largest smartphone market
FORTUNE -- When Apple (AAPL) releases the iPhone 5 in China next week, it will be competing with local manufacturers who have studied Steve Jobs' every move, down to the cut of his black mock turtleneck.
M.I.C. Gadget produced this video of the elaborate launch in Beijing of the latest offering from Guangdong-based Meizu. You wouldn't know it from the event's production values, but in China Meizu is one of the also-rans behind Samsung and a growing list of Chinese-owned Android smartphone makers that includes Lenovo, ZTE, Huawei, Oppo, and Xiaomi.
According to IDC, China this year overtook the U.S. as the world's largest smartphone market. IDC estimates that by the end of 2012, 26.5% of all smartphone shipments will go to China, compared with 17.8% to the U.S.
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Android gets Retina Display for October?
Is LG shipping some of Apple's Retina Displays over to the Android camp?
Steve Jobs said at this year's Apple WWDC,
"You can't make an OLED display with this type of resolution right now. Retina display is going to set the standard for displays for the next several years. We don't think anybody's going to come close."
While Samsung thinks its Super-AMOLED screens are better, another Android maker is going to be picking up MORE
Seth Weintraub - Aug 17, 2010 4:02 PM ET
