Apple’s iPhones are selling better than ever in the world’s largest mobile market.
He is Android domains in the global market, mobile communications are most at risk because big growth on iPhone in the last few months.
That’s how he takes it CounterPoint’s latest China market reportwhere that is reflected Every fourth mobile phone sold in China in October this year was an iPhoneand that the iPhone 14 Pro Max was that best selling modelfollowed by the basic “Pro” version.
For all these reasons, Apple managed to snag one 25% market share in October 2022, the highest that the Cupertino company has received to date. Therefore it is in the first manufacturer in the Chinese market for the second month in a row.
Apple is growing despite falling cell phone sales in China
In a month when mobile phone sales in China fell 15% year-on-year, iPhone sales fell just 4%. However, the company was able to grow twenty-one% compared to the previous month to position itself at number one on the market.
iPhone sales growth in China from October 2013 to October 2022
Much of this growth is due to the good reception of the *Iphone 14 series from the Chinese community. That counts as Every fourth phone sold in China in October was an iPhoneand that the 14 Pro Max is the best seller, followed by the 14 Pro. Overall, the iPhone 14 family garnered a 70% share, while the iPhone 13 series reached 47% in the same period last year.
The Chinese market has been sluggish due to several factors, including macroeconomic pressures and the COVID-19 lockdown, which have weighed on consumer sentiment. Global sales fell 4% month-on-month. However, Apple managed to buck the market trend. This also espectáculos the resilience of the premium segment. Looking at the trend over the past two years in China, it is clear that Apple has become the clear winner of Huawei’s premium market share. It is almost the undisputed market leader in China’s premium segment. – Ethan Qi, directivo of research at CounterPoint
According to analysts, multiple factors have driven Apple’s growth to its best-ever numbers in the Chinese market. On the one hand, Apple is seen as one of the biggest beneficiaries the depósito loss suffered by Huawei in the Chinese market in recent years. It is also believed that more and more buyers in the segment are betting on the iPhone plus of the market, leaving behind the models of other habitual companies in China such as OPPO, VIVO, Honor or Xiaomi.