The expert estimated the possible losses of Apple when refusing to WeChat


If the American company Apple is forced to remove the Chinese WeChat platform from its app stores, then the annual supply of smartphones will iPhone fall by 25 30%. This was reported by Bloomberg with reference to the analytical launch of an expert at TF International Securities Kuo Min-chi. On August 6, US President Donald Trump signed a decree prohibiting American companies from conducting transactions with the Chinese giant Tencent. This holding owns the messenger WeChat, which is one of the most popular media platforms in China. WeChat is used not only for communication, but also for making online purchases. Trump's decree is due to enter into force in September, but it is not yet known exactly how it will be implemented. If because of this decision, Apple will be forced to remove WeChat from its app stores, then this could seriously hit the supply of smartphones in China iPhone the second market after the United States for Apple. TF International Securities analyst Kuo Min-chi believes that if Apple refuses to WeChat, the annual supply of smartphones to the American company will fall by 25 30%, and the supply of tablet computers and other equipment by 15 25%. The willingness of Chinese residents to abandon Apple devices if they cannot run WeChat is confirmed by a survey on the Weibo social network. 95% of 1.2 million survey participants in the Chinese social network said they would rather abandon smartphones iPhone than WeChat. As previously reported by the news agency, in August, journalists considered that a ban on WeChat would make it difficult for more than a million US residents to communicate with friends and relatives in China.

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