iPhone 15 Sales in China Soar: Long Queues at Official Stores, Stock Sold Out on e-Commerce in 1 Minute

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Sales of iPhone 15 in China Go Crazy: Long Queues at Official Stores, Stock Sold Out on e-Commerce within 1 Minute

Dream - The hot and cold relationship between the United States and China apparently only happens within the government. The proof is that the people of the Bamboo Curtain country are flocking to buy the new gadget from Uncle Sam's country, the Apple iPhone 15. The sales of iPhone 15 are also at its best despite the government's tough stance in restricting the use of Apple by civil servants in the country. Around a hundred people can be seen queuing inside the main Apple store in the financial center of China, Shanghai, on Friday, September 22, 2023.

iPhone 15 Sales in China Soar: Long Queues at Official Stores, Stock Sold Out on e-Commerce in 1 Minute

Citizens are willing to wait to pick up iPhone 15 orders on the first day of availability at the store. Local media reported queues at the store located on Nanjing East Shopping Street, Shanghai, starting as early as 5 am.

Among the customers at the store are social media influencer Zhang Ming, who said that he wanted to try the iPhone 15 after failing to pre-order it online. "I always like to look at (new devices). When I buy Apple products, I only look at the color. If I like the color, I will buy it," he said, as quoted by Reuters on Monday, August 25, 2023.

The strength of pre-orders for the iPhone 15 in the second largest economy in the world has also alleviated concerns. This can be seen from the accelerated delivery time until November and the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max premium models sold out within just one minute on Alibaba's e-commerce site, Tmall (9988.HK).

iPhone 15 has a new casing material, namely titanium, a claimed faster chip, and improved video game capabilities. Apple also surprises by not increasing the price.

However, some customers at the store complained about the lack of significant improvement from the previous model. Real estate worker Wang Puyu, 29, said that he only bought the new model because he had promised to give an iPhone 14 to his nephew. "I usually upgrade every year. But this year, I'm not very satisfied," he said.

As information, recently China has ordered officials in central government agencies not to use mobile phones made by American company, iPhone.

"Not only that, devices from foreign countries are also prohibited from being used for work or brought to the office."

The following text is translated from Bahasa to English while preserving any HTML tags: "These Chinese regulations were reported by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) website on Wednesday (September 6, 2023), citing several sources who are knowledgeable about the information. WSJ reported that the order was given by superiors to their staff in recent weeks. It is unclear how widely the order has been disseminated."

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