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Apple sets new iPhone sales records in China; while beleaguered Huawei faces empty stores
Millions of Chinese students are engaging in “revenge spending,” driving record activations of over 32 million iPhone 17 units and Apple…
Apple’s iPhone is killing it in China, shipments surge 20% in first quarter
Apple’s iPhone shipments in China surged 20% year-over-year in the first quarter, delivering the strongest growth among major vendors…
Sales of foreign-branded phones, including Apple’s iPhone, in China down 31.3% in June
In June 2025, shipments of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple Inc.’s iPhone, plummeted 31.3% year-on-year in China…
China’s Huawei unveils in-house PC operating system to replace Microsoft’s Windows
Chinese Communist Party-controlled Huawei Technologies Co. debuted its first in-house operating system for personal computers, offering…
Apple iPhone leads China Q424 smartphone market share – IDC
According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, China’s…
Huawei plans to unveil new products just hours after Apple’s iPhone 16 event
Huawei is gearing up to unveil a new lineup of products just hours after Apple’s iPhone 16 launch event. Richard Yu, head of the…
After slashing iPhone prices in China, Apple’s sales are bouncing back strongly
Apple’s iPhone sales in China are surging again, fueled by aggressive price cuts that are tempting budget-conscious consumers in the…
Apple slashes iPhone 15 prices in China to combat Huawei
Apple has slashed prices on iPhone 15 models in mainland China, in a move to increase sales in the world’s biggest smartphone…
Huawei mimics Apple retail stores to peddle its iPhone knockoffs in China
Huawei is revamping its retail strategy and aggressively opening stores in China, with some nearby to the Apple retail stores…
Ahead of new iPads, Apple took 35.2% share of worldwide tablet market in Q1
Apple faced a bit of a lull last year due to the poor economy and the absence of new iPad models and declined 8.5% year over year. The…
Chinese smartphone market grows 6.5% in Q1; Apple iPhone declines 6.6%
China smartphone shipments grew 6.5% year over year (YoY) to 69.3 million units in 1Q24. Although the growth was supported by a low…
Apple’s Q1 iPhone sales plummeted 19.1% YoY in China
China’s smartphone sales grew 1.5% YoY and 4.6% QoQ in Q1 2024, , but Apple’s iPhone sales dropped 19.1% YoY in Q1 as…
Global smartphone shipments to see rebound in 2024; steady iPhone demand to drive Apple’s growth – Counterpoint
Global smartphone shipments in 2024 are expected to record a modest rebound of 3% YoY to reach 1.2 billion units, according to…
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 24% YoY in the first six weeks of 2024 – Counterpoint
Apple’s iPhone sales in China fell 24% year-on-year in the first six weeks of 2024, according to research firm Counterpoint, as the…
Apple’s risk from Huawei’s phones looks ‘overstated’ – analyst
The Evercore ISI analyst wrote in a research note Monday that Apple investors should not worry about Huawei phones impacting iPhone sales…
Global smartphone market grows 2% in Q3 over Q2; Apple’s iPhone share at 16%
Global smartphone sell-through volumes fell 8% YoY in Q3 2023, the ninth consecutive quarter to record a decline, but grew 2% QoQ…
Apple-designed 5G modem for iPhones to debut in 2025 – Ming-Chi Kuo
TF International Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects Apple to finally deploy its own modem chips starting in 2025…
Huawei’s Buran? New smartphone shows 5G capabilities despite U.S. tech sanctions
In numerous tests, Huawei’s latest smartphone clearly demonstrates wireless speeds akin to Apple’s latest 5G iPhones, despite U.S. sanctions…
Apple iPhone grew 6.1% in China as overall Chinese smartphone market declined 7.3% in Q2
Apple’s iPhone grew 6.1% in China even as the overall Chinese smartphone market declined 7.3% YoY in the second quarter of 2023…
Apple Watch Series 7, 8, and Ultra models power growth in China smartwatch market
Huawei and Apple dominated the China smartwatch market in 2022, with their combined share rising to almost 50%. Only OPPO…
Apple again the world’s top semiconductor buyer in 2022
According to preliminary results by Gartner. Apple remained the world’s top semiconductor buyer in 2022. The company…
Apple-backed ‘Matter’ smart home standard delayed until 2022
The final specification of Matter, the smart home interoperability protocol backed by Apple, Google, and Amazon, has been delayed. Matter…
Apple’s iPad continues to dominate in worldwide tablet shipments
The second quarter of 2021 was another strong quarter for Apple’s iPad and derivative tablets with the category recording growth…
Apple’s Q2 iPhone shipments up 17.8% year-over-year – IDC
Apple’s iPhone shipments in the second calendar quarter are up 17.8% year-over-year, according to International Data Corporation (IDC)…
Huawei touts new ‘HarmonyOS’ in attempt to overcome U.S. blacklisting
Huawei Technologies Co. unveiled long-awaited details of its HarmonyOS software, an operating system attempt targeting a central role in a…
IDC: Apple is the clear leader in the worldwide wearables market
Apple is the clear leader in the worldwide wearables market. According to new data from the International Data Corporation…
Apple, Google, Amazon smart home alliance is called Matter
Matter, an industry alliance sponsored by Apple, Google, Amazon and other tech companies will begin certifying smart home devices…
Apple continues to dominate worldwide wearables market
Apple continues to dominate the worldwide wearables market as shipments of wearable devices reached 153.5 million in the Q420…
Apple gains market share worldwide – analyst
Apple is gaining market share worldwide as IDC research in Q4 finds robust 5G iPhone demand and Apple taking share from Huawei while…
Gartner: Apple extends lead as the No. 1 semiconductor chip buyer in 2020
Apple remained the No. 1 semiconductor chip buyer in 2020, representing 11.9% of the total worldwide market, according to preliminary…
Apple iPhone 12 sales in China reach nearly 18 million units in 4Q20
Sales of the iPhone 12 lineup in the China market were outperformed expectations in the fourth quarter of 2020, reaching a rather amazing…
Trump administration presses tech supply chain to cut ties with China
The Trump administration is making a concerted effort to press non-U.S. suppliers to move production out of China …
Clean Network: U.S. steps up campaign to purge untrusted Chinese apps
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said expanded U.S. efforts on a program it calls “Clean Network” would focus on five areas and include…
Huawei passes Samsung to become No.1 in global smartphone unit sales
In the never-ending quest of fake iPhone peddlers to make it up on volume, Huawei last quarter passed Samsung to become No. in global smartphone unit sales…
UK sides with President Trump on China; to purge Huawei from 5G net
In another strong signal that telecom equipment maker Huawei is not welcome in the West, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson ordered Huawei equipment…
Apple Watch continues to dominate global smartwatch market share
Worldwide smartwatch shipments reached 14.3 million units in Q120.The Apple Watch platform dominates global smartwatch market share and is growing steadily…
Gartner: iPhone sales dropped 8.2% in Q120 amid COVID-19 shutdown
Global smartphone sales to end users declined 20.2% in the first quarter of 202 (Q120), according to Gartner, Inc. The global shelter-in-place combined…
IDC: Apple again dominates worldwide wearables market
Global shipments of wearables grew 29.7% year over year during the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20) as total device volume reached 72.6 million units…
U.S.-China fight over chipmaker TSMC rattles tech industry
On Friday, the Trump administration banned TSMC and rival chipmakers using American equipment from supplying China’s Huawei Technologies Co. without …
China ready to target Apple, other U.S. firms in retaliation against U.S.’ Huawei ban
The Trump administration on Friday moved to ban shipments of semiconductors to Huawei Technologies from global chipmakers…
Apple boosts smartphone market share in China – Canalys
Apple captured a greater percentage of China’s smartphone market share in the first quarter, according to data from research firm Canalys…
