China Is Increasingly Prohibited From Using IPhones, Apple's Revenue Continues To Decrease

JAKARTA China has never banned the purchase and sale of Apple products in the form of legal regulations. However, they have their own way of stopping the use of the iPhone.

From the Briomberg report, several state-owned companies and government departments in eight provinces issued instructions to buy local brands. This instruction has continued to be issued in the past month or two.

In fact, this directive is more like verbal coercion. There are sources who say that employees in government institutions are given a time limit to change their cellphones. However, it is not explained what the impact will be if someone violates it.

Apart from government agencies, private companies also issued similar instructions. Until now, several companies in Zhejiang, Shandong, Liaoning, to Hebei, have continued to direct their employees to stop using foreign production.

Although only directed in verbal form, this ban has quite an impact on Apple's shares. Quoting from Reuters, Apple's shares have fallen to 196.50 (IDR 3 million) in extended trade.

In addition to its declining shares, total sales from Apple devices continued to decline. In the fourth quarter of this year, Apple's revenue only reached 89.5 billion US dollars (Rp1.3 quadrillion), down from last year's quarterly revenue.

If this ban continues, Apple's sales in China may not increase until next year. Although Apple is trying to establish good relations with China, the ban on the use of foreign brands will not help their efforts.