BEIJING (Reuters) -Gross sales of foreign-branded smartphones, together with Apple Inc (NASDAQ:)’s iPhone, in China fell 44.25% year-on-year in October, in response to information from a government-affiliated analysis agency launched on Wednesday.
Calculations primarily based on the information from the China Academy of Data and Communications Expertise (CAICT) confirmed gross sales of foreign-branded telephones in China decreased to six.22 million items final month from 11.149 million items a yr earlier.
As the most important overseas telephone maker in China’s smartphone-dominated market, Apple’s efficiency performs a major function within the total information on foreign-branded telephone gross sales within the nation.
Apple launched its iPhone 16 fashions in September, however the broadly touted AI characteristic in Chinese language will solely be accessible subsequent yr, and Apple has but to announce an AI associate for the Chinese language market.
Total telephone gross sales in China elevated by 1.8% to 29.67 million items in October, CAICT information confirmed.
