Chinese consumers show the strongest interest globally in smartphones with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, but foreign handset makers such as Apple will face localisation challenges in the market due to regulatory requirements, according to a new report. According to a report published by market research firm Canalys on Friday, 43 per cent of consumers in … Read more
Huawei Technologies’ mobile platform HarmonyOS has overtaken Apple’s iOS to become the second-biggest mobile operating system in mainland China in the first quarter, according to the latest market data from Counterpoint Research. HarmonyOS accounted for a 17 per cent share in the first quarter to surpass iOS for the first time in the world’s biggest … Read more
New Delhi: The share of 5G smartphones will increase exponentially in the years to come, registering another year of double-digit growth in 2025 (more than 13.2 per cent), a report has shown. The 16 per cent growth in 5G smartphones in 2024 is set to be followed by next year too as global 5G market … Read more
Apple is offering a new range of steep discounts for iPhone 15 models to consumers in mainland China, with online retail platforms bringing prices to a new low amid the US tech giant’s efforts to boost sluggish sales in the world’s biggest smartphone market. The top-of-the-line 256-gigabyte iPhone 15 Pro Max model, for example, on … Read more
Apple reported the biggest drop in iPhone sales since late 2020 during Thursday’s earnings call, in one of the biggest signs yet of weakening demand for the US tech giant’s products in the world’s largest smartphone market amid strong competition from Chinese brands such as Huawei Technologies. Revenue from iPhones, Apple’s bread-and-butter business, fell 10 … Read more
Samsung has been sitting pretty at the top of the global smartphone market for more than a decade. Until now, that is. Data released this week by research firm IDC shows that the Korean tech giant has been knocked off its perch by arch-rival Apple thanks in part to robust sales of the iPhone. “The … Read more
