Survey shows 95pc Chinese iPhone users would abandon Apple than lose WeChat | Malay Mail

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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 — Over the past week, tensions between the US and the Chinese tech industry has intensified with President Donald Trump issuing an executive order that bans American companies from dealing with Tencent, the parent company of WeChat. Bloomberg reports that...

Saturday, 15 Aug 2020 09:47 AM MYTBloomberg reports that a recent Weibo survey in China that sampled more than 1.2 million respondents, revealed that an overwhelming majority of Chinese iPhone users, 95 per cent to be exact, would switch from Apple to another smartphone brand rather than give up WeChat. ― Reuters pic

that a recent Weibo survey in China that sampled more than 1.2 million respondents, revealed that an overwhelming majority of Chinese iPhone users, 95 per cent to be exact, would switch from Apple to another smartphone brand rather than give up WeChat.. It has grown to become more than just a messaging app, as people use it to make in-store payments, transfer money to friends, ride-hail, order food deliveries and more.by Trump, it blocks “any transaction that is related to WeChat.

If Apple were forced to remove WeChat from its global app stores, Kuo estimated that iPhone annual shipments could as much as 30 per cent. This would also affect other Apple hardware including its AirPods, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac computers, with falls as much as 25 per cent. Still, China accounts for over 15 per cent of Apple’s total revenue, making it a significant part of its business. So it comes to no surprise that Apple has warned the White House about the massive risk to its business should Trump follow through with a ban on WeChat. It said:

 

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