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Title: News: China cuts off cellular access for Apple Watch Series 3 as Uniloc sues over GPS patent
Post by: HCK on October 23, 2017, 04:05:25 pm
News: China cuts off cellular access for Apple Watch Series 3 as Uniloc sues over GPS patent

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               China has cut off access to the Apple Watch Series 3’s cellular capability after a brief period of availability on one of the country’s phone providers, The Wall Street Journal reports. Analysts claim the country tightened restrictions because of the difficulty in tracking user identity through the watch’s eSIM, which is embedded in the device by Apple rather than the cellular carriers. China Unicom offered cellular service for the…

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