According to a survey done by Tencent, participated by more than 46,000 people by the end of September 10 2013. This survey is to investigate the popularity of iPhone 5S and 5C in Chinese users.
50% users chose iPhone 5S, 22% chose iPhone 5C. And 21% said they didn’t want either one. 7% said they didn’t know which one to choose.
Another survey showed that Chinese smartphone users acceptable price ranges from USD 400-500. As for iPhone 5C, the best price should be 3000 yuan (USD 486).
Apple announced on September 11 2013, the iPhone 5S will be sold at the price of 5,288 yuan (USD 858), and iPhone 5C’s price is 4,488 (USD 728). The price of iPhone 5C is quite a disappointment for Chinese consumers. iPhone 5C market in China is not optimistic.