95% of Chinese users would rather quit iPhone than quit WeChat

While it is unclear whether the ban that the Trump administration has just imposed on WeChat applies only to the US market or is forced to completely remove the app from Apple’s App Store, but if that happens, the consequences. Its potential shows immense, especially with Apple sales.

According to a Bloomberg report, a Weibo survey recently conducted on 1.2 million users showed that 95% of respondents said they would give up iPhone and switch to Android smartphones instead. WeChat must be abandoned. Currently this messaging app has 1.2 billion monthly users, the vast majority of which are from China.

A user in Hong Kong, Kenny Ou, told Bloomberg that the WeChat ban would turn the iPhone into ” a piece of electronic junk “, while another user, Sky Ding, said WeChat is so important that users China would rather choose to switch phones than give up.

” My family in China uses WeChat and all of our communications are based on this platform .” Ding said.

Many American companies, including Apple, Ford, Walmart and Disney, are trying to convince the Trump administration not to ban WeChat. According to a new report from WSJ, more than a dozen US companies expressed this concern during a call to White House officials on Tuesday, including Apple involved in the call.

“For people who don’t live in China, they don’t understand how big the impact would be if American companies were not allowed to use it.” Said Craig Allen, chairman of the US-China Business Council.

In a recent investor note, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said global iPhone shipments would drop from 25% to 30% if Apple was forced to remove the WeChat app from the App store. Store around the globe. However, if WeChat is only removed from the App Store in the US, iPhone sales affected will be between 3% and 6%.

The Trump administration now wants to ban all US transactions for ByteDance (TikTok’s parent company) and Tencent. The ban was announced August 7 and has 39 days left to take effect.

Refer to MacRumors