The company doesn’t break out total iPhone users in China, or total sales of iPhones there, although analysts estimate Chinese buyers bought three to four million iPhone 6S’s in the first weekend of sales. Apple Pay may reportedly have more success in the Chinese market than it has done in its domestic US market due to its major partner in China , UnionPay , an offspring of China ’s central government , which holds a monopoly on bank card payments for domestic lenders . Also , while mobile payment services Alipay and Tenpay require a user to scan a barcode with the digital camera to pay , Apple Pay only requires that the user hover the camera over a payment terminal . Apple Pay exists in China today .
Apple Pay may reportedly have more success in the Chinese market than it has done in its domestic US market due to its major partner in China , UnionPay , an offspring of China ’s central government , which holds a monopoly on bank card payments for domestic lenders . Also , while mobile payment services Alipay and Tenpay require a user to scan a barcode with the digital camera to pay , Apple Pay only requires that the user hover the camera over a payment terminal . Apple Pay exists in China today .