I-Apple isanda kumemezela ukuthi izovula isitolo sayo sama-31 eChina eQingdao, idolobha eliyitheku elisogwini lolwandle i-East China Sea. Usuku olukhethiwe luzoba ngoMgqibelo, Januwari 30 ngo-10: 00 isikhathi sendawo. Lesi sitolo sizovulwa enxanxatheleni entsha yezitolo zikanokusho iMixC, enkulu kunazo zonke eChina, ku-6 Shandong Road ngasogwini lwesifunda saseShinan, indawo engaphakathi kwedolobha.
Le nxanxathela yezitolo iMixC eseQingdao inendawo ebanzi, enezitolo ezingaphezu kwamakhulu amane ezisayinwayo aziwa kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele naseChina, izindawo zokudlela, amathilomu nezindawo zokuzijabulisa, kufaka phakathi ipaki yendaba yangaphakathi ene-roller coaster. Le nxanxathela yezitolo ifaka phakathi i-Olympic skating rink esesilinganisweni sama-Olimpiki nenye yama-cinema ahlome kakhulu eChina ane-IMAX ne-4D.
Isitolo esisha sizoba ne- isheduli kusuka ku-10 am-10: 00 pm isikhathi sendawo NgoMsombuluko kuze kube uLwesihlanu, futhi kusukela ngo-10 ekuseni kuya ku-10: 30 ngezimpelasonto.
I-Apple ibilokhu ikhula ngolaka eChina ngaphansi kolawulo luka-Angela Ahrendts odumile manje, oyinhloko yoPhiko lwe-Apple. ukuvuleka okubaluleke kakhulu njengaleyo kaJanuwari 14 eXiamen, ngoJanuwari 9 eShenyang, ngoDisemba 12 eNanning, ngoNovemba 28 eBeijing nangoNovemba 21 eChengdu. Iphinde yavula izitolo eChongqing, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanjing naseTianjin ngo-2015.
I-China iyimakethe yesibili ngobukhulu ye-Apple ngenzuzo ephelele ngemuva kweMelika. Le nkampani ithole ukukhula kwemali engama-99% emakethe yaseChina, kufaka phakathi iTaiwan neHong Kong kuyo yonke ikota yesine yezimali yonyaka wezi-2015. Uma lokhu kuqhubeka, kungenzeka ukuthi unyaka wezi-2017 uzophela ngo zikhule ngaphezu kwemakethe yase-US futhi uhlale ngaphezu kwalokhu kuba yimakethe ebaluleke kakhulu ye-Apple ngemali engenayo.