BEIJING — Many of Apple’s affluent iPhone users in China are just as interested in Huawei’s pricier trifold phone, CNBC found during spot checks at stores Friday, the day the iPhone 16 and Mate XT launched in the country. The iPhone 16 Pro Max starts at $1,199, and the iPhone 16 at $799. Huawei’s trifold Mate XT starts at the equivalent of more than $2,800. The Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max was selling for 10,500 yuan to 16,300 yuan, the site showed. He said he bought the iPhone 16 because he heard its battery lasted longer, but was willing to wait for the iPhone 17 for any artificial intelligence features.

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Persons: pricier, Max, Huawei’s, Yang, Wang, hadn’t Organizations: CNBC, XT, Huawei, Apple, People, Mate Locations: BEIJING, China, . U.S, Beijing, Hefei, Shanghai