will benefit both sides. china says reunification with taiwan is still inevitable despite the vote, and mr lai s victory will not change the basic landscape of cross strait relations. my colleague, steve lai, has been following the day s events in taipei. polling began at 8am and it closed at lipm. eight hours is all it took, and four hours of counting, and we have a winner already. it s been quite a fascinating thing to watch and to be a part of, i have to say. let s cross now, though, to shaimaa khalil, because she is at the dpp headquarters and she s been listening to william lai make his victory speech. shaimaa, tell us more about what he said. william lai, the now president elect, has thanked people for turning out, thanked the supporters for voting for the dpp and giving them that record third term in power. but he was also very robust on the stance with china. he said it s his responsibility to maintain safety across the taiwan strait, but also he vowed to maintain the
business. they maintain they made that decision for sound commercial reasons. we will bring you more on this is the story does develop. switching focus to the other story that we have been tracking and that is of apple s new series of iphones. the new design comes in a titanium shell and improved video game abilities. it will return to usb cable. it did not raise prices. that decision does reflect the global smartphone stand that we have been seeing especially here in southeast asia. now, the market in terms of sales saw a 15% drop in the april to june quarter this year compared to the same period last year. that said, the insight firm his figures were putting out expects an uptick in the second half of this year. south korea s samsung and china market leaders when it comes to smartphones and apple wants to target more affluent customers here in asia. it target more affluent customers here in asia- here in asia. it is a very rice here in asia. it is a very price empathetic -
acknowledges and accepts the high court decision. we will have more reactions on that head on bbc as well. the new design comes in a titanium shell, a faster chip and improved video game playing abilities. it also ditched its lightning charging port and will return to the usb cable. one big surprise it that it did not raise prices. that decison reflects the global smartphone slump, especially felt here in southeast asia. the market in terms of sales, saw a 15% drop in the april tojune quarter of this year compared to the same period last year. that said, insight firm canalys expects an uptick in the second half of this year. south korea s samsung and china s oppo are market leaders in this part of the world. tech analyst le xuan chiew says the apple wants to target younger, more affluent customers in here in asia. if we look at asia, it s a price sensitive market and the landscape, given that the channel requirements for apple it is something that apple has not done in a ve
south korea s samsung and china s oppo are market leaders in this part of the world. tech analyst le xuan chiew says the apple wants to target younger, more affluent customers in here in asia. if we look at asia, it s a price sensitive market and the landscape, given that the channel requirements for apple it is channel requirements for apple it is somethin- channel requirements for apple it is somethin- that channel requirements for apple it is somethin- that apple channel requirements for apple it is something that apple has not done in a very long time. so i think that apple has been looking to do in southeast asia is investing in channel relationships, its presence in the operator channel, so this will help to bring in the price back of the iphones. you know, there is also back of the iphones. you know, there is also news back of the iphones. you know, there is also news of back of the iphones. you know, there is also news of apple - there is also news of apple makin
about support for taiwan in the event of a piercy attack. clifford hart, national security council s china and taiwan director formally, thank you for speaking to us. we will find out very soon if us presidentjoe biden talks about taiwan and the south china sea in remarks he is expected to deliver after talking to china s president, xijinping. they talked forfour china s president, xijinping. they talked for four hours at an estate near san francisco, they took a nice stroll in the garden afterwards as well. this of course is the first meeting between the two leaders for a year and a day. they last met in bali at the 620 last year. and we may be seeing. no, not president bidenjust and we may be seeing. no, not president biden just yet. you are looking at pictures of the press conference, where we are expecting us presidentjoe biden to deliver remarks after his meeting with china s resident, xijinping. this meeting comes after a year, the first face to face meeting they ve had