UMeng, a firm that gathers statistics for Chinese mobile developers, recently published a report on the iOS usage in China. Believe it or not, 34.6% or one of every three iPhones in China is jailbroken.
TheInfographicbelow is in Chinese but for the sake of our non-Chinese readers, here are some of the interesting findings as translated byTechNode:
The research firm noted on itsofficial blogthat the number of jailbroken iOS devices does not directly translate to app piracy. A good number of the iPhones and iPads in China are bought from the grey market, where jailbreaking services are usually offered for free. The firm believes that some jailbroken iOS devices are still potential paid-users.
Story byFrancis Tan
Francis Tan is the Asia editor of TNW, who is based in the Philippines. He is particularly interested in Asian Internet startups, social me(show all)Francis Tanis the Asia editor of TNW, who is based in the Philippines. He is particularly interested in Asian Internet startups, social media and e-commerce. Get in touch with him via Twitter@francistanor Emailfrancis@thenextweb.com.
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