China bans local sales of iPhone X, 8 and older for violating two Qualcomm patents

10 December 2018
Apple claims that all iPhone models remain available in China and that phones with iOS 12 don't violate the patents, anyway.

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  • 12 Dec 2018

cooldude, 11 Dec 2018You underestimate the power of good advertising, which Appl... moreUmm... battery throttling doesn't work like you think.
It is an option in the settings if you battery has degraded below 70%. A phone loses about 10% a year. So not even iphone 7 needs throttling.
I have an S8 it definitely lacks more than my 7 plus especially when using the widgets and the search function.

    Fakhan, 11 Dec 2018 Compare the Chinese 10 % with American 10 %. I mean, won't matter for China market itself. I'm not comparing absolute number between different markets.

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      • 11 Dec 2018

      Mailman, 11 Dec 2018I don't really understand why apple deserves some hate? As ... moreYou underestimate the power of good advertising, which Apple is very very good at.
      Somehow Apple has succeeded in getting enough people (youtube-ers, celebrities, other significant figures that can carry their message) to convince average consumers that their iPhones are best.
      So many people (around me and on the net) believe that Apple phones are buttery smooth while Android phones are stuttering messes. Those days are long gone (since the Gingerbread OS age) and most OEMs have taken different approaches as they understand their bloatware and ads cause people to stop buying their phones. My current Samsung has a few preloaded Samsung apps, most of which can be removed, and a few preloaded Verizon apps, several of which can be uninstalled, and others can be disabled. It's just that the common public, apple advocates, and so many people who don't evaluate for themselves perpetuate the stuttery/laggy idea.
      Talk to iPhone users, press them, and they will admit their devices have become laggy and frustrating to use due to their "battery-saving" throttling, and this is on last-year models including the 8 and X. Every operating system faces issues, and none are perfect-never lagging-never force-quitting machines. They've become far too complicated for that to be a reality. Also, both groups of phones have powerful processors and responsive UI's, as well as varied applications.

        Anonymous, 11 Dec 2018A company deliberately screwing their customers with overpr... moreOr join android. And massively drop the price at that

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          • Anonymous
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          • 11 Dec 2018

          This is clearly part of the US trade war with China and the arrest of the Huawei CEO's daughter.

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            • 11 Dec 2018

            Anonymous, 11 Dec 2018Is this in retaliation with arrest of Huawei CFO in Canada ... moreMay have helped them vote in favor of Qualcomm but it indeed will help Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi & Huawei gain market share... (3 of them uses Qualcomm chips to while the 4th uses them in SOME devices...)

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              • Anonymous
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              • 11 Dec 2018

              Is this in retaliation with arrest of Huawei CFO in Canada under USA request? Funny times.

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                • 11 Dec 2018

                VAGABOND, 11 Dec 2018Lol...self reliant USA??? Wake up . I have been working in ... moreThis is a fact. I totally echo this.
                I too believe that although we must not support China, but they're going strong, owing to their infrastructure, land size and population.

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                  • 11 Dec 2018

                  AnonD-794217, 11 Dec 2018Your explanation can be simplified to why you hate Android,... moreI don't hate android. It has more flaws but it's at least open source unlike the rival. I also don't hate iOS, just dislike Apple as a company

                  I DO HATE Google play services & friends. Android has zero(?) ads / data mining before oem start installing Google services & ads adware. Alas most messaging need gms to work

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                    • 11 Dec 2018

                    Kiyasuriin, 10 Dec 2018I don't want apple to cease existing. I just want them to b... moreA company deliberately screwing their customers with overpriced authorized repair and is influencing the monkey see monkey do mentality of other companies deserve to disappear.

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                      • 11 Dec 2018

                      It's business man..., 11 Dec 2018It's fan boys on both side throw hate each other. Apple... moreYour explanation can be simplified to why you hate Android, not Google.

                        Kangal, 11 Dec 2018If China does that, then China loses. It will force a sl... moreUsa would close down. Because they clearly can't make their own. Us would go bankruptcy if China closed the technology door. But you might be right about the rest of Asia would gain more work.

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                          leledumbo, 11 Dec 2018Apple has less than 10% market share in China, won't matter... more Compare the Chinese 10 % with American 10 %.

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                            • 11 Dec 2018

                            Mailman, 11 Dec 2018I don't really understand why apple deserves some hate? As ... moreIt's fan boys on both side throw hate each other.

                            Apple is bad, so does Google in my eyes. One problem is mostly about $$ while other is about privacy. Apple company is jerk in general tho (tax evading, popularize questionable "features", removing useful feature, patent troll etc), Androids is just idiots following iPhone trend or greedy by putting ads riddled system inside already data mined Android phones slow it down to beyond salvation.

                              Apple has less than 10% market share in China, won't matter much for the market.

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                                Sonu4678, 11 Dec 2018People hate "Evil things", they don't have to have personal... moreI don't really understand why apple deserves some hate? As I know all apple is selling products and no one is forced to buy them. Or someone is pushing you all the time to buy those products from greedy company??
                                Is it really apples fault that people are buying with their own money because they want??

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 11 Dec 2018

                                  Wouldn’t this work in favor for Apple? Next press release: iPhone XS and XR are selling above expectation in China?

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 11 Dec 2018

                                    obviously its a reply to usa for banning huawei

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                                      Sonu4678, 11 Dec 2018??? What's that supposed to mean? It means read first and then talk about burning. How much this will affect apple, what do you think?

                                        Anonymous, 10 Dec 2018So much hate? What did they steal from you? By your logic y... morePeople hate "Evil things", they don't have to have personal experience themselves.
                                        Apple is a greedy brand, it deserves every bit of hate.