Over 60% China smartphone users would not buy iPhone 7 according to a survey by Penguin Intelligence (part of Tencent).
70.9% Chinese male respondents said they would not buy iPhone 7 compared with 61.3% female respondents. After Apple’s 7 Sep event, over 25% smartphone users changed their decision, among which 20.2% gave up the purchase intention.
The main reason of not getting iPhone 7 is the demand (31%), followed by dissatisfaction in the upgrade (21.5%), pricing (13.6%), and quality (2.8%).
Huawei (38.3%) is the top choice for the next smartphone; and, the next version of iPhone came second (18%), followed by Oppo (10.1%).
The survey also found that among the iPhone 7 fans, large screen, longer battery life, and better camera lens are the top factors for purchase. And, over half users tend to buy 128G ones.
iPhone 7’s jet black is the top choice for male fans (62.2%); and, rose gold is the female’s favorite (51.2%).
Read more: China smartphone market insights 2016