News Summary

• In February 2024, Apple reported that China sales were down 13% year over year, but this still amounted to just over $20 billion in iPhone sales in the country.William Gallagher has 30 years of experience between the BBC and AppleInsider discussing Apple technology.
• iPhone 15 ProAfter the second-best iPhone launch quarter Apple has ever had in China, new sales estimates claim that Apple also had the biggest quarterly drop it has ever had.
• Figures from Counterpoint Research have already claimed that Apple's iPhone sales for Q1 2024 in China were down 19.1% year over year.
• Apple's decline was the worst amongst the top five vendors, selling 10 million iPhones, dropping from a 20% market share to a 15% one.
• Canalys says that Apple's decline also came as the Chinese market rebounded after years of continuous decline.
• However, Canalys's chart of sales from Q3 2021 to Q1 2024 shows that the iPhone 15 peaked higher than the iPhone 14 the year before.