A Glum Sign for Apple in China, as Smuggled iPhones Go Begging

Re:A Glum Sign for Apple in China, as Smuggled iPhones Go Be... by SG- on Monday September 29, 2014 @03:13AM (#8381944)

I was under the impression that early iPhone models weren't even available in China officially and recent models have been delayed for quite a while before officially being available.

It seems this time it will simply be a few weeks as the article indicates, could it be that demand is lower for grey market iPhones 6s because of the imminent release this time around?

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Re:A Glum Sign for Apple in China, as Smuggled iPhones Go Be... by xuki on Monday September 29, 2014 @04:06AM (#8382028)

iPhone 5s was available for sale in China on day 1

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Re:A Glum Sign for Apple in China, as Smuggled iPhones Go Be... by SG- on Monday September 29, 2014 @04:13AM (#8382045)

So I guess the 5s which was the previous model wiped out the grey market entirely for iPhones then or at least set expectations for people in China? Anyways, my point was grey market for brand new iPhones is much lower than it used to be years ago.

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Re:A Glum Sign for Apple in China, as Smuggled iPhones Go Be... by xuki on Monday September 29, 2014 @10:10AM (#8382867)

Nope, they were crazy for the gold version.

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