Apple removes Taiwan flag from keyboards on Hong Kong iPhones

After latest update, Taiwan flag can still be displayed but no longer appears among selectable flag icons

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/10/06
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

Screenshot of flag emojis (Image from social media via Twitter user @thisboyuan)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Taiwan flag emoji has been removed from the keyboard input with iPhone's newest operating system update for phones set to the Hong Kong and Macao region.

The flag can still be displayed without issue but is absent from the list of selectable flag icons for iPhone users in Hong Kong and Macao. Hong Kong Free Press reports that the flag can be displayed by changing the phone’s regional setting, or by using English to input “Taiwan,” which will offer the flag as a text prediction option.    [FULL  STORY]

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