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Apple\u00a0\u00a0Shares fell about 3% on Thursday, following a 4% decline on Wednesday,<\/u><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0after several reports suggesting that Chinese government workers could be banned from using iPhones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reported restrictions, which have not been publicly announced by the Chinese government, raise concerns that Apple’s products could get caught up in international tensions between the US and China.Greater China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, is Apple’s third-largest market, accounting for 18% of total revenue of $394 billion. It’s also where the vast majority of\u00a0Apple\u00a0<\/strong>products are assembled. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tech giant declined to comment.China has ordered officials at central government agencies not to bring iPhones into the office or use them for work, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. It was unclear how widely the bans were issued. The ban could spread to other state companies and government- Backed agencies, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While a ban on all government employees could reduce iPhone unit sales in China by as much as 5%, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi wrote in a Thursday note, it would be a larger threat to Apple if the bans sent a signal that everyday citizens should instead Use electronics made by Chinese companies.\u201cPerhaps more importantly, restricted use of\u00a0SmartPhones<\/strong>\u00a0among government employees could negatively impact sales among consumers (related family members; general populace) and could be part of a broader move by the Chinese government to promote usage of domestic technology,\u201d Sacconaghi wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dan Niles, portfolio manager at Satori Fund, said on Thursday he sold his stake in Apple and is now shorting the company, citing the possibility of a government iPhone ban and increased competition from Huawei.New competitionLast week, several Chinese retailers started taking orders for a new\u00a0Huawei phone,<\/strong>\u00a0the Mate 60 Pro, which quickly became a hot topic on social media in the country.The phone starts at 6,900 RMB, or about $954, and uses a Chinese-manufactured chip from Huawei’s chip subsidiary, HiSilicon. Early tests suggest the phone can access 5G speeds, although\u00a0Huawei’s\u00a0specification pages don’t mention that capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huawei was placed on the US entity list in 2019 over fears that its technology could give the Chinese government backdoor access to communications.The move requires US companies like Google and Qualcomm to get permission from the US government before supplying Huawei.The sanctions significantly hampered Huawei’s phone business, which was rising before the sanctions, forcing it in recent years to spin off some of its phone brands and contributing to a $12 billion shortfall back in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huawei’s new phone has a chip, manufactured on China’s mainland, that uses the 7-nanometer production process. Smaller production processes tend to translate to faster and more efficient chips. This year’s upcoming\u00a0iPhone\u00a0<\/strong>is expected to use a 3nm process, manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., and Apple first went with a 7nm process to make its A12 chips, which were used in new iPhones in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Huawei’s chip raises questions about how well separate restrictions on chip-manufacturing technology, which aim to prevent Chinese companies from making cutting-edge processors, are working.\u201cFrom my perspective, what it tells us is that the United States should continue on its course of a ‘small yard, high fence’ set of technology restrictions focused narrowly on national security concerns, not on the broader question of commercial decoupling,\u201d Jake Sullivan, US national security advisor, said Tuesday in a briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In\u00a0Apple’s<\/a><\/u><\/strong>\u00a0most recent quarter, ended in June, Greater China sales increased 8% on an annual basis to $15.76 billion. It was Apple’s fastest-growing region. On the company’s earnings call, CEO Tim Cook said Apple was seeing users switch from\u00a0Android phones<\/strong>\u00a0to iPhones, mentioning that was \u201cat the heart\u201d of its results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe continue to try to convince more and more people to switch because of the experience and the ecosystem that we can offer them,\u201d Cook said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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