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Originally Posted by oilyfan
And there are only 5 Apple stores in China, 2 in Beijing and and 3 in Shanghai. I was at one of the Shanghai ones and one of the Beijing ones, insanely busy as you cna imagine.
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Originally Posted by oilyfan
Easy tiger, just pointing out that Apple doesn't have a lot of exposure to the Chinese market mostly because it is a higher priced phone. Android has a huge presence in these markets because cheap handsets out of China all carry android. You only have to walk through a Beijing electronics market to see how many android phones you can buy for $25.
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There may only be a few real Apple stores, but you can get iphones from loads of places in China. Real iphones, not just fake ones. There are loads of places to buy them and everyone knows the iphone. Exposure is not the problem, but price certainly is. Even before the iphone 5 came out the price was tagged here in China at 7,000rmb, which is well over $1,000CDN. The S3 by comparison sells at 3,500rmb.
People here who can afford it buy the iphone as a luxury and a small visible status symbol. People want others to know how much money they spent on a phone. While the percentage of total phones being used in China may be low for Apple, it's still a good market and there is no lack of recognition and desire for the iphone here.