Apple Inc. has kicked off the new year with iPhone discounts in China, underlining the challenges facing the tech giant in one of the world’s most populous countries. Citing data from the China ...

Archrival Samsung Electronics also gave up share to faster-growing Android device makers from China, led by Xiaomi and Vivo. Apple marked a 2 per cent sales decline for the full year, according to the ...

In 2024, the iPhone-maker topped the global smartphone market with 18.7% share, followed by Samsung at 18% and China's Xiaomi at 13.6%. However, among the top five smartphone brands last year, Apple's ...

Most of Apple's high-end products are likely to be excluded from China's latest round of subsidies, as the country has set a price cap of CNY6,000 (approx. US$822) for eligible digital products.

However, Apple lost some momentum in early 2025 due to growing woes in China, with the iPhone losing market share to China-based competitors like Xiaomi and Vivo, per the latest data from Counterpoint ...

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo wrote in a post on Friday that Apple is losing market share in China due to declining iPhone shipments. Despite the expected launch of the new iPhone SE 4, iPhone shipments ...