A MAP provider for the iPhone 5 Thursday rejected online claims that its application marked China’s Diaoyu Islands as Japanese territory.
AutoNavi Information Technology Co., a company responsible for the iPhone 5’s map app, said it listed the Diaoyu Islands as Chinese territory and uploaded screenshots to prove it.
Its announcement came after some microblog users claimed that the iPhone 5’s app marked the islands as belonging to Japan.
A blogger in Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province called for a boycott of the iPhone 5 until Apple explained the map issue. His post encouraging a boycott had been forwarded more than 6,600 times as of Wednesday night.
But many people raised doubts about the claim, saying the iPhone 5 had not yet hit mainland markets and people spreading the rumor had no evidence to back up the claim.
Yang Yongqi, a senior official with the map provider, told the People’s Daily yesterday that all the company’s maps, including the iPhone 5 app, marked the Diaoyu Islands as Chinese territory. (SD-Agencies)