{"id":634998,"date":"2026-10-03T08:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T08:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/634998\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T08:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T08:06:29","slug":"apple-beats-chinese-rivals-to-top-sales-in-worlds-largest-smartphone-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/634998\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple beats Chinese rivals to top sales in world’s largest smartphone market"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. technology giant accounted for 33% of smartphone sales in China during the week of Sept. 14-20, according to a Sept. 30 report by market research firm Counterpoint Research.<\/p>\n

The result came even though the 18 Pro series went on sale only on Sept. 18, meaning it was available for just three days of the seven-day period. Sales during those three days were 12% higher than those of the 17 Pro series during its entire first week on the market a year earlier, Counterpoint said.<\/p>\n

Counterpoint attributed the iPhone’s performance partly to Apple’s decision to delay the standard 18, potentially steering consumers seeking the latest generation toward the more expensive Pro models.<\/p>\n

“The delayed launch of the base iPhone 18 may have driven some consumers to trade up to the Pro series, while price hikes of over $200 on many Chinese flagship models may have raised the price anchor, strengthening the iPhone\u2019s relative value proposition,” Counterpoint senior analyst Ivan Lam said in the report.<\/p>\n

\"Apples<\/p>\n

Apples’ iPhone 18 Pro (L) and 18 Pro Max. Photo by VnExpress\/Tuan Hung<\/p>\n

China, the world’s largest smartphone market, has been under pressure from weak consumer demand and rising component costs, with weekly sales declining by double digits year-on-year since July, according to Counterpoint.<\/p>\n

Contract prices for standard memory chips were expected to rise 13-18% in the third quarter after surging about 60% in the previous quarter, according to TrendForce data cited by Forbes. Higher component costs have pushed up prices for Chinese flagship smartphones, particularly models with more memory and those using advanced 2-nanometer chips.<\/p>\n

Apple had already been gaining ground in China before the 18 Pro launch. Its iPhone sales rose 23% year-on-year during the first nine weeks of 2026 while the overall smartphone market contracted 4%. It could receive another boost from its first foldable smartphone, the Duo, which is scheduled to go on sale on Oct. 23.<\/p>\n

Chinese consumers have shown greater interest in foldable smartphones than consumers in other international markets, the South China Morning Post reported, citing UBS.<\/p>\n

The Swiss bank maintained its forecast for Apple to ship 261 million iPhones in the current financial year, up 15.4% year-on-year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. technology giant accounted for 33% of smartphone sales in China during the week of Sept. 14-20,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634999,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[286761,85,46,321,125],"class_list":["post-634998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-apple-beats-chinese-rivals-to-top-sales-in-world","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634998\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}