on the afternoon of september 2, a reporter from zhengguan news contacted apple's official customer service, who said that wechat is a very commonly used app by customers, and the new iphone will not shut down and deprive customers of the app permissions they normally use. "we have not received any official notification that the iphone 16 does not support wechat," the customer service said. afterwards, the reporter called tencent's official phone number, and the staff said, "we have not received this news yet."

according to the first financial news, the reporter learned from an informed source that this rumor is false.

earlier, there were reports that apple was increasing pressure on tencent and bytedance. apple wanted to "block" the payment loopholes in small games to prevent developers from directing users to external payment systems. apple had warned tencent that if it did not eliminate the ability of developers and users to bypass the apple ecosystem, it would refuse to provide wechat updates in the future. in august, tencent management said in a financial report conference call that there were some misunderstandings about the nature of the current situation, that is, tencent is not currently commercializing small games on ios through in-app purchases (bypassing payment), and relevant discussions are ongoing.

it is reported that apple's 2024 fall new product launch conference will be held at 1 am beijing time on september 10, with the theme of "it's glowtime", and the latest iphone 16 series will be launched at that time.

(invitation to apple's press conference. source: apple)

according to previous reports, the pro models of the iphone 16 will be equipped with larger screens and new camera features, including a dedicated photo-taking button. the focus of the launch event will be to discuss apple intelligence, a set of ai features that will be available on all new iphones.

comprehensive from zhengguan news and china business news

editor:li dan

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