Imibiko yabikezela ukuthi i-Apple Pay izofika eChina ngoFebhuwari 18, futhi akukho okunye okuyiqiniso, njengoba ngibhala la mazwi ekuseni kakhulu ngiyabona ukuthi ngo-01: 00 isikhathi saseSpain ngoFebhuwari 18 ukufika kwe-Apple Pay eChina wenziwa osemthethweni. Inkampani yaseCupertino isivele imemezele ukuthi izakhamizi zakulesi siqhwaga sase-Asia zizokwazi ukusebenzisa lolu hlelo lokukhokha olumnandi kakhulu Ngokusebenzisa i-iPhone, okwamanje kulo lonke elaseYurophu kusamele silinde ukuthi ikhomishini yabo enobudlova ilwe namabhange.
Lesi simemezelo senzeke kuwebhusayithi yonjiniyela we-Apple. U-Apple wamemezela ngonyaka odlule ukuthi bekuxoxiswana neChina Union ukuletha i-Apple Pay kubasebenzisi baseChina ngonyaka we-2016, futhi kangangoba bebephuthuma, besinenyanga nengxenye yonyaka kuphela futhi silapha . Okwamanje, Wabuye wathembisa ukuthi i-Apple Pay izofika eSpain ngo-2016 futhi namanje asazi lutho, ngenkathi izingxoxo namabhange aseFrance ngokufika kwe-Apple Pay nazo ziqala ukuhlunga lapho.
I-Apple Pay isivele iyayisekela iChina, inikezela ngendlela elula, evikelekile, futhi yangasese yokukhokha usebenzisa amakhadi wesikweletu ne-debit eChina UnionPay. I-Apple Pay ivumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bathenge izimpahla namasevisi ngaphakathi kohlelo lwe-pon ngaphandle kwesidingo sokufaka imininingwane engabalulekile.
I-Ti mCook ivule ngokukhula kwe-Apple eChina, impela Kuya ngokuqina kuya ku-giant yase-Asia, lapho ama-iPhones athengiswa ngokoqobo "njengamapayipi." Okwamanje, eSpain sisemakethe yesibili ye-Apple, ngakho-ke kusamele silinde ukukhokha nge-iPhone yethu yize ngo-2014 bethule idivaysi yokuqala ehambisana nobuchwepheshe be-Apple Pay NFC.