[chrischen]

Xiaomi employs Hugo barras, former head of android. China has the source code to Windows (not sure if current versions). And on top of all that no Chinese person uses googles ecosystem on android and they cannot use many of iOS features like Apple Pay. They jailbreak and side load apps.

[est]

> they cannot use many of iOS features like Apple Pay

Joke's on you, China is the 5th country has Apple Pay. Earlier than most European countries.

http://techcrunch.com/2016/02/17/apple-pay-goes-live-in-chin...

it's confirmed you can withdraw cash from ATM using Apple Pay in China if your UnionPay card has Quickpass enabled.

Rumor says 38 million UnionPay cards added to Apple Pay devices In the first 24 hours.

[decster]

> they cannot use many of iOS features like Apple Pay That's not true anymore

[chrischen]

They don't. If it's accepted at 10% of retail locations in the US it's accepted at close to 0% in China.