iPhone sales in China edge past Huawei
For the first time in recent years, Apple's iPhone sales made up half of China's high-end smartphone market as the US tech giant took a lead over Chinese brands, especially Huawei which is facing a survival crisis as the world economy headed for a prolonged recession.
Strong iPhone 13 sales helped Apple take up 46 per cent of China's market for smartphones that cost more than USD 400 ( ₹31,000 approx), while Chinese firm Vivo jumped to second place for the first time as rivals try to fill the hole left by Huawei, media reports here said.
iPhone sales made up half of all smartphones sold for more than USD 400 in China in the second quarter, solidifying the US tech giants' lead as the top premium handset vendor in the country, according to a report of global industry analysis firm Counterpoint Research released on Wednesday.
Most notably, Huawei has struggled to sell new models launched since coming under US sanctions in 2019.
Huawei Technologies Co founder Ren Zhengfei has recently said that his firm is facing a survival crisis as the world economy heads for a prolonged recession.
Huawei dropped to third place with 11 per cent market share for the quarter, down from 19 per cent a year earlier, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported on Thursday.
Huawei, previously China's largest smartphone vendor, has seen its once-lucrative smartphone business face a serious crisis ever since the US blacklisted it.
Meanwhile, a leaked internal memo by Huawei founder projecting a bleak outlook of the global economy and for his company has gone viral in China.
The memo to the staff painted a gloomy picture of a world heading into economic recession. It called for employees to focus on the company's survival and give up
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