I-Apple ibilokhu ikhula kancane iminyaka futhi isizathu esibalulekile salokhu kungenxa ye- China. Ukufika kwe-iPhone 6 ne-iPhone 6s, ama-smartphones okuqala ebhlokhi ukushiya amasentimitha ama-4 ukwamukela osayizi abakhulu, bekukuhle kakhulu ezweni elinabantu abaningi kangaka abangawafuni amafoni amancane. I-Apple iyazi ukuthi imakethe yaseShayina ibaluleke kakhulu ukuze inzuzo yayo iqhubeke nokwephula amarekhodi futhi ngesinye sezizathu zokuthi kungani ivula eziningi kangaka Ama-Apple Stores endaweni yesiMandarin.
I-Apple ibhalwe ukuthi izofinyelela ezitolo ezingama-Apple ezingama-40 eChina ngo-Okthoba. Le nhloso isondele kakhulu ngemuva kokumemezela ukuthi bazovula amanye amabili ngoJanuwari. Sekukonke, ekupheleni kwale nyanga kuzoba nezitolo ezingama-Apple ezingama-32 eChina, amane avulwa ngoJanuwari Ukufeza inhloso yabo, kusamele bavule ezinye izitolo eziyisishiyagalombili zezitini nodaka cishe ezinyangeni eziyishumi.
Isitolo sokuqala kulezi ezimbili abamemezele ukuthi sizovulwa ngoJanuwari 16 futhi sizoba yi-Apple Store yesibili ukungena I-Nanking. Izotholakala ku-100 Zhongshán Highway esifundeni saseXuanwú. Futhi eNanking, ku-East Nanking Highway ukucacisa kakhulu, bavula esinye sezitolo ezibaluleke kakhulu ze-Apple eChina.
Lokhu kuvulwa kuzolandelwa ukuvulwa kwesitolo sokuqala ku- I-Canton, etholakala ku-218 Parc Central, emgwaqeni omkhulu weTianhé esifundeni saseTianhé. Lesi sitolo se-Apple sesibili sizovulwa ngoJanuwari 28.
IGuangzhou idolobha lesithathu ngobukhulu eChina, elidlula izakhamizi eziyizigidi eziyi-13 ngonyaka wezi-2014. I-Nanking Idolobha lesibili ngobukhulu eMpumalanga yeChina, lapho u-2012 ubunabantu abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-8. I-Apple ivula izitolo zayo ezisemadolobheni ebesingazibhala kusuka kumaphoyinti amasu noma abalulekile. Kepha i-Apple ayigxilile nje ekuvuleni izitolo zezitini nodaka eChina. Umbala osagolide wama-iPhone 5 nokukhuphuka kosayizi we-iPhone 6 bekufuna ukudonsa ukunaka kwamaShayina, into abayizuzile njengoba kukhonjisiwe ngemininingwane yakamuva.