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iPhone in China: A Tale of Two Countries - MOSK: 03.01.2024

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7996 Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2024

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0

This is MacOS Ken.

0:07.0

Best of Times Takes on iPhone in China.

0:09.0

Mac Paul's doing a third-party iOS

0:15.3

App Store in Europe, and news of note for gently used M3 Macs. It is Friday the

0:22.3

1st of March 2024.

0:25.0

Finally, it is March as God intended.

0:29.0

I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Maco-S Ken brought to you by yours truly and

0:38.2

supported by people like you patrons through Patreon.

0:44.0

Find out more and at your support at Patreon.

0:48.0

dot com slash MacoS can.

0:51.0

Apple's iPhone steeply discounted in China on weak demand, says a headline from Bloomberg,

1:00.0

while a headline from Apple Insider says,

1:02.0

China's annual spring iPhone sales while the headline from Apple Insider says,

1:02.8

China's annual spring iPhone sales are here,

1:05.9

and the discount isn't as steep as it has been.

1:09.2

I believe it was the philosopher Yosemite Sam who said

1:13.4

Apple's resellers in China are slashing the price of iPhone 15 models by as much as

1:20.5

$180 according to Bloomberg.

1:23.9

They say that signals an unusually prolonged

1:26.4

slump in demand.

1:28.0

However, the Bloomberg story lacks context,

1:30.9

according to Apple Insider, which adds that China Sellers historically discount iPhones in the spring.

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