iPhone Air "Sells Out" in China - MOSK: 10.17.2025

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🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	iPhone Air Starts Strong in China.
0:11.7	An interesting subscription bundle from Apple.
0:14.7	And Phil Schiller gives to the fishes.
0:18.2	It is Friday the 17th of October 2025.
0:22.5	I'm Ken Ray and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:27.9	Brought to you by yours truly and supported by people like you.
0:33.3	Patrons through Patreon.
0:36.2	Find out more and than your support at patreon.com slash macOS can.
0:44.7	It looks like iPhone Air is getting its moment.
0:49.1	Earlier this week, Apple CEO Tim Cook let the world know
0:52.5	that orders for the company's super-thin iPhone would begin in China today, Friday, the 17th of October.
1:01.4	Time zones, plus the world being round, means that happened last night for people here in the States.
1:07.8	That is when South China Morning Post ran a piece saying that the first round of iPhone Air
1:12.4	had sold out in China. According to the report, pre-sales for the iPhone, which supports only
1:20.4	e-sim and received regulatory approval to launch in China just recently, began at 9 a.m. local time
1:27.1	on Friday, more than a month later than most of the world.
1:31.3	Minutes after bookings open, the piece continues. The model was sold out at all bricks and mortar stores in Beijing and Shanghai,
1:40.7	as well as in cities like Tianjin, according to Apple's website.
1:45.6	Online shipments were delayed by one to two weeks.
1:50.0	Of course, we don't know how many Apple made or made available for the Middle Kingdom.
1:55.2	It's also possible that delivery times will shift forward, as often happens here in the U.S., still,
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