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Not that many, considering iPhones are popular in several European countries and in China. I really don’t think Apple consider iMessage exclusivity that import

• lxgr 3y ago
  > I really don’t think Apple consider iMessage exclusivity that important. Then you missed the part where Apple executives explicitly said so in writing: > "the #1 most difficult [reason] to leave the Apple universe app is iMessage . . . iMessage amounts to serious lock-in." Schiller stated that "moving iMessage to Android will hurt us more than help us, this email illustrates why." https://www.phonearena.com/news/imessage-locks-ios-users-into-the-platform_id131329 https://www.phonearena.com/news/imessage-locks-ios-users-int...
  • junofan 3y ago
    If Schiller had to make those points in what sounds like an internal debate, and the plan of record at some point was iMessage on Android, then it follows that Apple didn’t see it as that important.
• abrouwers 3y ago
  Seems like a decent amount to me: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/29/china-biggest-iphone-market-q2-2023/ https://www.macrumors.com/2023/08/29/china-biggest-iphone-ma...