BEIJING (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s brand-new apples iphone left to a strong start in China, with their gross sales growing 20% of their preliminary 3 weeks on condition that their launch in comparison with its 2023 model, in response to info from research firm Counterpoint.
Both Apple and Huawei’s latest sensible gadgets happened sale in China onSept 20, highlighting magnifying rivals on the planet’s most vital cell phone market the place the united state firm has really been shedding market share in present quarters to residential opponents.
“We’re seeing strong iPhone 16 series unit sales in China,” Counterpoint said, together with the apple iphone 16 Pro and Pro Max variations have been doing particularly properly, with their blended gross sales growing 44% in comparison with their comparable 2023 variations.
Overall apple iphone machine gross sales in China, nonetheless, went down 2% yr on yr all through the three-week period on account of lowered gross sales of older variations and enhanced rivals with Huawei’s Mate and Pura assortment, it said.
(Reporting by Yelin Mo and Miyoung Kim; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman)