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Re:Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human ... by tonylinn80 on Saturday February 24, 2018 @11:13PM (#16457088)
Apple got some good number with iPhoneX launch it seems, after several years' of decline in market share. They're no where close to getting killed though.

The fact it's moving servers to China is most likely going to have positive effect on their sales, not negative.

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Re:Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human ... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday February 25, 2018 @02:01AM (#16457594)
The X was basically designed for China, you can’t show off with a design that is 3 generations old already! Apple didn’t bother updating their ID for 3 years (6, 6s, 7), which is why sales were so tepid in China for the last two years. The X fixed that.

The effect of iCloud moving will be mostly neutral. As long as WeChat continues to work on iPhone, whatever iCloud does won’t be very significant. I doubt most iPhone users in china even know what iCloud is.

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