Whenever an analyst or blogger — even an otherwise intelligent and beloved figure — introduces “China” or “The Chinese market” into their analysis of Apple, it is equivalent to them saying “I have no idea what is happening.”
It’s the elenctic equivalent of multiplying by zero — the entire assertion must be thrown out.
Last year Khoi Vinh proposed that for the iPad to fulfill it’s potential it needed it’s own OS. I’ll wait while you go read his post!
So it turns out Johnny Ive is responsible for that weird red light sabre.