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> They were outraged about this Huawei CFO arrest. Many of them swore off Apple phones and said they were only going to buy Huawei from now on.

As a show of solidarity with Huawei, or because they felt that Apple had something to do with it?

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Apple is American. They think American / the West is trying to humiliate China again. So they say they will stop buying Apple ( for now ). Relation to Apple being Huawei is a phone company ( Well to most consumer they are, when in fact they are more like a Telecom Infrastructure Giant ).

It is simply because of Huawei costs: 900 dollars, while Apple costs 1.5k dollars.

> Apple costs 1.5k dollars

If you buy the XS Max with 512 GB of storage, unlocked (which happens to be $1,449.00, by the way). iPhone XS starts at $999.

See for yourself:

Apple:

https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a220m.1000858.1000725....

Huawei:

https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a220m.1000858.1000725....

First of all, you're quoting prices in China, which means that iPhone has significant taxes tacked on to it. Second, iPhone seems to be $1269, while the Huawei phone is $977.

iPhone is 256GB version vs Huawei's 128GB version. Huawei P20 comes with only one storage tier which is 128GB. So I chooses the middle tier to represent iPhone.

You forgot those Apple listed prices are US only and never included any Sales Tax. In reality everywhere on the planet are paying $100 to $200 more on top of those prices. In the case of China has both Import, and Sales Tax. ( It works more like VAT though ), it adds up to around $300 on top of $999, closer to $1299.

Edit: Yes in case Apple is ridiculously expensive in many part of the world.

> You forgot those Apple listed prices are US only

I was given prices in dollars, so I assumed that the poster was talking about the US.

Apple products are about 20% more expensive here in Mexico.

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