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BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Apple's latest iPhone 11 range hit stores in China on Friday, with short queues of die-hard fans contrasting with the hundreds who camped out ahead of some previous launches.

The sales performance of the U.S. tech giant's latest line-up is being closely watched in the world's largest smartphone market, where Apple has been losing ground to competitors with cheaper and feature-packed handsets in recent years.

The queues at the Shanghai and Beijing stores, which combined added up to few dozen customers, were in sharp contrast to previous years, when hundreds used to wait for hours outside Apple's shops to be the first to grab its latest offerings.


But much of the fanfare in China has moved online where the pre-sales for iPhone 11, priced between $699 and $1,099, started last week.

Analysts said they had gotten off to a better start than the last cycle a year ago. Chinese e-commerce site JD.com said day one pre-sales for the iPhone 11 series were up 480% versus comparable sales for the iPhone XR last year.

Among customers that took to a store in Beijing on Friday to make a purchase in person was a programer who only gave his surname as Liu, who said he had a model from every Apple series since the 3G range.

He said he was particularly attracted to the more expensive iPhone 11 Pro, which has three cameras on the back. "When it comes to taking photos, it's better for night shots and the image is clearer," he told Reuters.

Other customers, however, said that they were concerned that the range was not enabled for fifth-generation networks, putting them behind 5G models already released by China's Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] and smaller rival Vivo, and expressed hopes that Apple could make it happen for its next line-up.

"I think by the end of next year, especially in big cities like Beijing, 5G will be commonplace," said civil servant Liu Liu. "If they don't research this then they'll lag way behind."

The in-store launch of the iPhone 11 in China came a day after Chinese smartphone maker Huawei unveiled new smartphones which it said were more compact, with more sensitive cameras and wraparound screens more vivid than those of the latest iPhone, though it played down concerns about the lack of access to Google's popular apps.

Huawei has experienced a surge in support from Chinese consumers after the brand was caught up in a trade war between the United States and China, which has in turn eaten into Apple's market share in the country.



(Reporting by Thomas Suen in Beijing, Jiang Xihao and Brenda Goh in Shanghai; Editing by Mark Potter)
 
so apple must shut down in china and must shift their factories to other countries i guess .
Other countries are useless as they are neither as sophisticated as China infrastruture couple with superior work rate of Chinese worker who dont demand orbitant wages. Apple staying in China is not a matter of choices.
 
so apple must shut down in china and must shift their factories to other countries i guess .
I believe China no longer need Apple production line to provide cheap labor jobs for Apple to earn bigger profit from selling their products in China. Apple paid cheap labor and earn large profit in China market will come to the end.
 
I believe China no longer need Apple production line to provide cheap labor jobs for Apple to earn bigger profit from selling their products in China. Apple paid cheap labor and earn large profit in China market will come to the end.
Its Apple desperate trying to stay in China. India, vietnam or other low wages countries do not have superior infrastruture like China to support apple production operation. Wages are just one of the consideration and not the only consideration.
 
You probably counted the people in the picture.
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These new Apple iPhones are already sold out in China on launch day

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/new-...old-out-in-china-on-launch-day-204443415.html

 
Its Apple desperate trying to stay in China. India, vietnam or other low wages countries do not have superior infrastruture like China to support apple production operation. Wages are just one of the consideration and not the only consideration.
one needs to spend money , setting up infrastructure is not a rocket science . it can be done anywhere in no time . time will tell the rest of the story !
 
one needs to spend money , setting up infrastructure is not a rocket science . it can be done anywhere in no time . time will tell the rest of the story !
LOL.. Another day dream comment. Set up infrastructure is not as easy as you speaks. Investor will not fork out money for this job. Setting up infrastruture is a big network of business from powerplant, freshwater supply, transportation and digital network plus stable supply of decent level of workforces. All this needs to be done by government who need billons of dollars and planning plus expertise to complete it. Anything less than that will not happen for big investment to comes in.
 
iPhone dead on arrival during the launch of Apple flagship smartphone.
But much of the fanfare in China has moved online where the pre-sales for iPhone 11, priced between $699 and $1,099, started last week.

Analysts said they had gotten off to a better start than the last cycle a year ago. Chinese e-commerce site JD.com said day one pre-sales for the iPhone 11 series were up 480% versus comparable sales for the iPhone XR last year.

So their sales are even better compared to last year. It's still quite an achievement since apple's phones are quite expensive compared to their competition(they are not one of the world's most profitable company for nothing) yet they still sell well in a market full with a variety of price competitive budget phones. So far away from the ' iPhone dead on arrival' you just proclaimed.
 
LOL.. Another day dream comment. Set up infrastructure is not as easy as you speaks. Investor will not fork out money for this job. Setting up infrastruture is a big network of business from powerplant, freshwater supply, transportation and digital network plus stable supply of decent level of workforces. All this needs to be done by government who need billons of dollars and planning plus expertise to complete it. Anything less than that will not happen for big investment to comes in.
typical big mouth hundi talk
 

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