They are not incompatible claims. People buy things for multiple reasons. The point of the article is Apple has a problem, one of the reasons, iOS, isn't appli

They are not incompatible claims. People buy things for multiple reasons. The point of the article is Apple has a problem, one of the reasons, iOS, isn't applicable in China due to WeChat being the dominate platform (and works on all devices). The author circles back to mention that it doesn't mean Apple is eliminated from that market since they still have other differentiators (status symbol).