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Apple’s iPhone Drops From China Top Five as Local Foes Rise

China’s smartphone market is growing at accelerating rate
Apple saw shipments slip in quarter highlighted by 618 sale

Apple’s iPhone Falls From Top Five in China Sales

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By Vlad Savov and Gao Yuan

July 26, 2024 at 3:51 AM UTC

Updated on

July 26, 2024 at 8:18 AM UTC

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Apple Inc. lost ground in China’s smartphone market in the June quarter after local companies like Huawei Technologies Co. surged ahead.

IPhone shipments there slid 3.1% during the period, compared with an 11% year-on-year rise among Android-powered competitors, according to market tracker IDC. That squeezed Apple out of the top five handset makers in the country for the first time in four years.