Commenting on a photo of massive crowds outside an Apple Retail Store in China, for Fortune, Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports,” No, these aren’t customers lining up for the launch of the iPhone at China Mobile. That event is scheduled for Jan. 17, a week from now.”
“These are shoppers at Apple’s Hong Kong store drawn by the discounts the company is offering for its second-annual Asian Red Friday sale [to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year],” P.E.D. reports. “This year, eligible countries include China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand.”
P.E.D. reports, “Previous years have seen modest price cuts on select Macs, iPads, iPods and various Apple-made accessories.”
See the photo here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Dan K.” for the heads up.]
Doomed, I tell you
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And of course the stock is down today………………again
We’ll, I’ll give Wall Street a pass today because a lot of stocks are down today. ….. But in general Wall Street has an awful habit of just not understanding AAPL.
What crowds? Wall Street didn’t see any crowds.
When iPhone is released, Beijing will have to declare martial law that day to regain control of the cities with Apple stores.
And there hasn’t been another ‘glorious revolution’ to boot out the parasites from the previous ‘glorious revolution’ because WHY?!
I’m certainly up for a reassertion of We The People revolution in the USA.
My house at 5.
Hello NSA! 😉
Cause it is in HK!
In HK they likely call it queuing up as the do in Aussie and UK
HK people are absolutely not like those people from China mainland , there are different group of Chinese people: Mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan!
Soon, the guiness record for the most people crammed into a store without the walls cracking or floor collapsing will be broken…
Apple fans are civilized and know stocks reasonably match demand and exceed day one’s requirements. They will only resort to physical force when stocks are limited.