11/03/2017: Can the iPhone X compete with China’s fakes?
Nov 3, 2017

11/03/2017: Can the iPhone X compete with China’s fakes?

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The iPhone X hits Apple stores today. Apple is a major player in the U.S., but it also needs China to continue to grow. On this episode, we talk with Marketplace’s China correspondent, Jennifer Pak, about the country’s rival market for fakes and why consumers there may not shell out for Apple’s most expensive phone yet.

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New iPhone X sits on a dock at an Apple showroom in Sydney on November 3, 2017
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The iPhone X hits Apple stores today. Apple is a major player in the U.S., but it also needs China to continue to grow. On this episode, we talk with Marketplace’s China correspondent, Jennifer Pak, about the country’s rival market for fakes and why consumers there may not shell out for Apple’s most expensive phone yet.

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