Much Ado About Discounts - MOSK: 01.16.2024

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Ken Ray

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🗓️ 16 January 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:06.8	Much ado about discounts.
0:10.8	Apple may be the top smartphone seller in the world, and a plan to avoid the Apple
0:16.6	watch ban.
0:18.3	It is Tuesday, the 16th of January, 2024. I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Maco-S Ken brought to you by yours truly
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0:58.8	slash Maco can. Practically, though not completely unheard of, a piece from Apple Ensider says Apple
1:10.0	is offering discounts on iPhone for Lunar New Year sales and celebration in China.
1:18.0	Not just iPhone, though iPhone is what's getting the headlines. A piece from Mac rumors on the sale says
1:25.2	Macs, iPads, Airpods, and Apple Watch models are also seeing price reductions.
1:31.6	Those are said to be smaller than the 500 UN, roughly $70 U.S. discount, seen on communicators from
1:40.1	iPhone 13 through iPhone 15 Pro Max.
1:44.8	Mac rumor says Apple's discount are notable because the company does not typically
1:48.8	offer promotions on its website around Lunar New Year, usually leaving promotions to Apple authorized resellers instead.
1:57.0	That said, we may be looking at a new normal for Apple and Sales and the Middle Kingdom.
2:05.0	The Apple and Cider piece points out that this is basically the same sale Apple ran last year.
2:14.0	meanwhile the P says deals for both were small compared to last summer's 6-18
2:20.0	shopping holiday that saw the company slash $210 U.S. off the price of
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