Morning News Apple to Open Third-party App Store in Europe, Xiaomi 14 Sold Out

Apple's Latest Venture Third-Party App Store in Europe, Xiaomi 14 Sells Out in Morning News

【Phone China Morning Post】Due to Apple’s 30% commission, Apple’s monopoly on the App Store has attracted investigations from many countries. However, due to the requirements of new EU regulations, Apple will have to allow the appearance of third-party app stores in Europe by 2024. The unexpected success of Xiaomi 14, the latest flagship of Xiaomi, has surprised many people. Recently, Xiaomi officially announced the sales performance during Xiaomi’s Double 11.

Apple’s latest financial documents show that the company is expected to be forced to allow third-party app stores to be used in various parts of Europe starting from 2024.

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In Apple’s 10-K form, it stated, “The company expects to make further business changes in the future, including legislation measures that affect the App Store, such as the ‘EU Digital Markets Act’, which the company must comply with by March 2024. Future changes may also affect the fees the company charges developers to access its platform, how it manages app distribution outside of the App Store, and to what extent it allows developers to communicate with consumers within the App Store regarding alternative purchasing mechanisms.”

Overall, opening third-party app stores may reduce app downloads, and the commission Apple receives from these sales will decrease. Apple stated that if the commission it receives from App Store sales decreases, the company’s business, operating performance, and financial condition may be significantly adversely affected.

On November 8th, according to the “Xiaomi Official Flagship Store”, Xiaomi’s cumulative transaction during Tmall Super Brand Day reached 625 million, setting a new record for sales on Tmall Super Brand Day for all brands in 2023. At the same time, the Xiaomi 14 series won the championship in both sales volume and sales revenue for Tmall’s new mobile phone products and the domestic mobile phone brand sales rankings on Tmall.

According to information revealed by Xiaomi’s Chairman Lei Jun, the sales volume of the standard version of Xiaomi 14 has exceeded 1 million units, and the machine has been on sale for only about 10 days, with an average daily sales volume of around 100,000 units. According to Xiaomi’s official introduction, Xiaomi 14 broke the records for sales volume and sales revenue of domestic mobile phones on Tmall, JD.com, Douyin, and Kuaishou in the first 4 hours of its initial sale (from 8pm to 12am on October 31st). The Xiaomi 14 Pro Titanium Special Edition was sold out within seconds after its release, and it was hard to find a unit.

According to the report from the Korean newspaper “Chosun Daily,” LG and Samsung are planning to start mass production of OLED display panels for the next generation of iPad Pro models in February 2024.

Mark Gurman from Bloomberg predicts that Apple will launch 11-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro models equipped with OLED displays, M3 chips, and aluminum Magic Keyboard next year. It is reported that the mass production of OLED displays for the new iPad Pro will start in February, so it seems unlikely that the next generation iPad Pro models will be released in March, which is a common month for Apple to announce new products. The next generation iPad Pro models are more likely to be released at WWDC in June or later, but Apple’s plans could still change.

As for Realme, the upcoming smartphone Realme GT5 Pro has become part of many leaks and reports since the official pre-heat started. However, the official has not yet announced any real images of the phone. Recently, a Weibo user revealed a series of information about this upcoming smartphone, including specifications, design, price, and even real images of the phone.

The Realme GT5 Pro will be powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen3 mobile platform and will have a maximum storage capacity of 1TB. It will also feature a 5400mAh battery with 240W fast charging. The phone will have a triple camera setup on the back and a 6.78-inch display provided by BOE with a resolution of 2780×1264 pixels. The back of the phone will have a centered camera module, similar to the design of the Huawei Mate50 series. The “realme” logo will also be present on the right side of the camera module.

As for the price, the blogger mentioned that the starting price of the new phone could be 2999 yuan, with the highest price for the 24GB+1TB version being 3699 yuan.

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