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Re:Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human ... by dis-sys on Sunday February 25, 2018 @06:45AM (#16458459)
Apple shipped 18% of phones worldwide, but when it comes to the Chinese market, it counts only 8%. You need a lots of explanations if you refuse to acknowledge the obvious here.

https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3859963

Before start to waste your time, the 8% shipment in China figure was >14% just 24 months ago.

https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/11/8584277/smartphone-shipme...

To give you some extra details - I live in downtown Shanghai, as of writing, several months after IPhone X's release, I have not even seen the IPhone X yet as not any single one of my families, friends or colleagues has switched to that.

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Re:Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human ... by ksec on Sunday February 25, 2018 @08:08AM (#16458736)
That is why i wasn't very optimistic in iPhone X China figures. I dont see them around in China much as well. And the craze was no where near my expectation, and nothing compared to iPhone 6. But the sales figure was very different when announced.

You are not the only one with this observation as well. Most of my friends and colleagues in different area of China had the same observation as well. I wonder why.

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Re:Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human ... by quickben on Sunday February 25, 2018 @11:42AM (#16459725)
So where did they go? 8% is a lot.
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Re:Apple moves to store iCloud keys in China, raising human ... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday February 25, 2018 @12:02PM (#16459846)
I think parent just doesn't hang around Xintiandi very much.
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