The average income is quite a foolish way to look at iPhone numbers. There are plenty of rich folks in China in Tier 1 cities.
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So insecure.
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Apple's iPhone Sales in China Down an Estimated 30% in Q1 2019, Huawei Continues to Dominate
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In my opinion their privacy crusade is a farce, if Apple was so worried about privacy they'd have fine tuned privacy controls baked into every iPhone where you can go in disable/delete unwanted apps, firewall connections, disable not only permissions inside apps but services as well but they don't. They only use this privacy crusade to make their users paranoid of anything but Apple devices. Also the apps you use are pulling your data, as well as the websites, and services. Unfortunately complete privacy does not exist. They just use it to make people paranoid and sell more devices.
Keep telling that to yourself. Independent tests show Android sends 10 times more data to 3rd parties & Google compared to iOS.
Don't forget Huawei also offers copious amounts of social credit rewards points. When you think of it that way it makes Huawei a no brainer purchase in China.
It's not like anybody has a gun to their head to persuade you to buy that brand... Oh wait a minute.
The trouble is, with Apple trying to move to services for revenue, they need sales and market share. They seem to be losing both (but perhaps increasing average selling price). No Android user would (or can) use Apple for services. It's a great shame that Apple is taking this approach. I moved away from an iPhone to more neutral services - Dropbox, hosted email with my own name as I Apple won't allow non-iCloud domains. Keeping a Mac but put off even getting a new one because of the keyboard issues on laptops.
And they are catching up with others on streaming and production.
And they are catching up with others on streaming and production.
huawei mate 20 pro and samsung s10 both have better screen in terms of contract and brightness.
as for macs, alot of folks are holding off on a new mbp til apple fix the keyboard. which is a bigger portion of the market compare to imac, mac mini etc.
Two choices, both not 100% perfect with respect to security and privacy. I’ll take iOS, you can have Android. It’s great to have choices!
In China, everything (literally) is done using WeChat - and there's absolutely no privacy. None.
People don't care.
Privacy in China means: act like everybody else so you don't stick out.
Needless to say that I don't want to live in such a world.
iMessage & Facetime work in China. Plus they have privacy.You should use that. Dont use iCloud in China, if you value privacy. Use encrypted iTunes backup.
Not surprised. Look at what $178 can get you.
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Huawei phones are very good and improving a lot faster than established companies have been iterating.
Samsung of course is the first to take the hit.
The same will happen in Europe.
Sure it has nothing to do with massive state subsidies given by the Chinese state, copyright and patent theft, and authorities turning a blind eye at counterfeit products and fake Apple Stores.
You’re assuming that the iPhone will continue to be very popular which there is no guarantee.
It is not responsible to write an article about Chinese iPhone sales without mentioning the giant elephant in the room: Geo-political tensions and the Chinese government. The Chinese government has been actively telling consumers to not purchase American products like the iPhone during this trade war - full page ads in newspapers, etc. They have also been not-so-secretly rewarding companies who purchase Chinese phones like Huawai. Essentially providing subsidies to competitors. The fact that people are still buying the iPhone AT ALL in China under these conditions is the more interesting data.
The real question is: If/when a trade deal has been struck between USA/China, will Chinese smartphone sales revert to pre-trade war numbers? That will be interesting to see.
The real question is: If/when a trade deal has been struck between USA/China, will Chinese smartphone sales revert to pre-trade war numbers? That will be interesting to see.
You're graphic is greater China, the MR graphics are mainland China.
The average worker in mainland China still doesn't have the income for iPhone/Galaxy/Pixel priced phones so they go with cheaper domestic's. Apple will eventually find a way to crack the market but it's still some time off.
If apple cared about privacy, why do they not encrypt user data before doing an iCloud backup? They do a server side encryption, not client side.
If it is encrypted on the server, it can be decrypted on the server.
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Patriot act in USA means they can access all iCloud data.
The Chinese have this thing called common sense. Why are you gonna cut off your nose to spite your face to have a status symbol? You know what 700 to $1000 could do for a household in China? Besides, the cameras on cheap smartphones are just as good or even better than Apples.
In fact, the Chinese brands probably add more localized services and features that iOS just can’t deliver because Apple doesn’t want to meet those users where the they are. Apple needs to understand that, not everyone will be able to RDF to their every move. There will always be a market there for the company, but its just gonna be a pretty small one unless they start competing on pricing.
In fact, the Chinese brands probably add more localized services and features that iOS just can’t deliver because Apple doesn’t want to meet those users where the they are. Apple needs to understand that, not everyone will be able to RDF to their every move. There will always be a market there for the company, but its just gonna be a pretty small one unless they start competing on pricing.
Simple. Apple doesn’t know design anymore. Apple focuses on nonsense like APFS, Swift, Face ID, multilens gimmickry, pressure sensitive UI gimmickry, True Tone gimmickry, crapware like iWork and iLife.
Meanwhile, Huawei gives us special edition works of art like this.
That’s a collector’s envy.
Meanwhile, Huawei gives us special edition works of art like this.
That’s a collector’s envy.
It’s all about the basics with me. I like apples ecosystem and won’t move. It’s apples job to educate the market. It’s apples problem if someone is just as happy buying a cheap android and doesn’t know any different.
But Apple is playing the wrong game when they pick things like cameras to highlight most of their focus and marketing on. Android does cameras well too...
Apple continues to have a hard time marketing “why iPhone”. It’s almost as if they don’t know themselves. Psst. It has next to little to do with privacy.
But Apple is playing the wrong game when they pick things like cameras to highlight most of their focus and marketing on. Android does cameras well too...
Apple continues to have a hard time marketing “why iPhone”. It’s almost as if they don’t know themselves. Psst. It has next to little to do with privacy.