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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by seanmcdirmid on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @11:56PM (#8958194)
No they don't. The apple of china is of course...apple. Vivo and oppo don't come close to iPhone market share in the high end PRC market.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by dingaling on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @02:23AM (#8958578)
November 2014 China smartphone marketshares: Vivo 6%, Apple 5%

Vivo don't do low-end models either.

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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by jhou2 on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @02:44AM (#8958628)
Weird. I've never even heard of Vivo. All the wealthy Chinese people I know have an iPhone. I genuinely believe that they would be embarrassed to have anything other than an iPhone. They shake their head when I tell them how great an Android is. Even on TV, in the dramas, the rich characters always use iPhone and Macs. I've never seen anyone use a Lenovo or Vivo phone on chinese TV drama.
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @02:47AM (#8958636)
To be fair, Samsung is also considered kind of high end. They won't let you into starbucks unless you have an iPhone or Samsung something (just joking, sort of).
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Re:Apple Reports Record First Quarter Results by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday January 28, 2015 @02:44AM (#8958627)
I've never seen a vivo in Beijing before. iPhones...plenty, but vivo?

Also, there phones look mighty affordable (none above 3K RMB):

http://search.jd.com/Search?keyword=vivo&enc=utf-8

Compare to iphones (all new models > 4K RMB):

http://search.jd.com/Search?keyword=iphone&enc=utf-8

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