In the second quarter of this year in China, while Huawei continued dominating the local smartphone market, Apple has seen a surge in demand for iPhones. As per the report, the company has witnessed a 225 percent quarterly growth in sales volume.
The reason is being attributed to price cuts as the Chinese market is slowing recovering from weak demand because of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the quarter that ended in June, Apple sold 13 million units of iPhone in China, reports research firm CINNO.
The numbers represent an increase of four million units compared to the previous quarter. A recent report from Counterpoint Research claims that Apple was the fastest-growing major smartphone brand in China for the second quarter, with 32 percent growth.
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For Apple, Greater China, including Mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, is the third-largest geographical market, after America and Europe. In the first three months that ended March 28, the company recorded total China sales of $9.46 billion, showing a decline of $1 billion from a year ago, mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In Q2 2020, Apple was the fourth-largest smartphone vendor in China, behind Huawei, Vivo, and OPPO but ahead of Xiaomi, reports Counterpoint. Huawei, combined with Honor, has captured around 46 percent of China’s smartphone market.
At the height of COVID-19, Chinese smartphone sales declined 22 percent in the first quarter. The market is now slowing recovering and research firm CINNO estimates that smartphone sales in China have reached 94 million units in June.
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