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"The customer base for Apple is still there. We anticipate a replacement market for existing Apple users switching to larger-screen iPhones. People in both mature and emerging markets really like to use smartphones with larger screens."

Kitty Fok, managing director of IDC China

"Apple produces the best smartphones in the world. I'll ask my schoolmates to buy an iPhone 6 for me in Hong Kong this winter. It's much cheaper there and by that time my annual bonus should be paid."