Xiaomi is eating a lot of Apple&#x27;s marketshare. And a smartphone is almost a requirement, while having some nice e-scooter would be _nice_ but probably not on everyone&#x27;s affordable list.<p>But even so, Apple is Apple, which has spent a lot of money into marketing&#x2F;advertising their product and has a huge loyal following.<p>I too am interested in trying this out when I visit Taiwan next, but I just don&#x27;t see a lot of people who want to line up and pay 2x the cost for an e-scooter. Also while their hardware&#x2F;software integration are well beyond what gas scooters can do, but its look isn&#x27;t that much better.<p>(Personally I am also wary of their vendor lock-in with the chargestations)