In a poll conducted on social media site Weibo, 60% of roughly 350,000 respondents said they would not buy the $399 model, the cheapest iPhone available. But roughly a fifth said they would buy it, and the rest said they would consider a purchase. Competition has only become fiercer as those rivals are now releasing 5G devices compatible with China’s upgraded telecommunications networks while Apple has yet to launch an iPhone with 5G capability. Last week several Chinese online retailers slashed iPhone 11 prices by as much as 17%. Most China-based analysts said the iPhone SE would mainly appeal to Apple brand loyalists who don’t want to spend roughly $700 for the high-end iPhone 11.

Source: The Express Tribune April 16, 2020 07:18 UTC