{"id":535853,"date":"2026-04-17T11:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/535853\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:24:10","slug":"apples-iphone-shipments-in-china-surge-20-in-q1-data-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/535853\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple’s iPhone shipments in China surge 20% in Q1, data shows"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Che Pan and Laurie Chen<\/p>\n

BEIJING, April 17 (Reuters) – Apple<\/a>‘s iPhone shipments surged 20% in China in the first quarter, for the strongest \u200cgrowth among major vendors, despite an overall decline as rising prices \u200cof memory chips boosted costs, data from Counterpoint Research showed.<\/p>\n

Overall smartphone shipments dropped 4% in the \u200bworld’s largest smartphone market in the period from January to March, hit by supply chain disruptions and the soaring chip prices.<\/p>\n

But telecoms giant Huawei and Apple, the two largest vendors in the market, bucked the trend, reporting growth of 2% \u200cand 20% respectively.<\/p>\n

“As most rivals \u2060raise prices, Apple stands out for value, with Chinese consumers knowing its products last at least three years,” Ivan Lam, \u2060senior analyst at Counterpoint Research.<\/p>\n

Huawei’s shipments were lifted by strong demand across both its high-end and budget ranges, including the Enjoy 90 series, giving it a 20% \u200bmarket share \u200bin the quarter, Lam said.<\/p>\n

Huawei retained \u200bthe top spot, followed by Apple \u200cwith a share of 19%.<\/p>\n

Smartphone<\/a> vendors in China have raised prices for budget handsets to protect margins in the battle with elevated memory chip costs.<\/p>\n

Xiaomi slipped to sixth place with a plunge of 35% in shipments. Lam attributed the sharp decline to a high base effect, after Xiaomi benefited from aggressive \u200cprice cuts and government subsidies in the \u200bcorresponding period last year.<\/p>\n

Shipments by Oppo and Honor \u200balso fell 5% and 3% \u200brespectively, though Vivo saw a rise of 2%, buoyed by \u200cstrong sales during the Lunar New \u200bYear holiday.<\/p>\n

Lam expected more \u200bheadwinds for the market in the second quarter, particularly as Chinese brands look to raise prices further.<\/p>\n

“However, we expect Apple and Huawei to \u200bfare relatively better, with \u200cHuawei potentially seeing further shipment growth driven by solid demand for its \u200blower-end devices,” Lam said.<\/p>\n

(Reporting by Che Pan and Laurie Chen; \u200bEditing by Miyoung Kim and Clarence Fernandez)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Che Pan and Laurie Chen BEIJING, April 17 (Reuters) – Apple‘s iPhone shipments surged 20% in China…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535854,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[304,82401,4755,185183,2306,4946,185184,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-535853","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-counterpoint-research","10":"tag-huawei","11":"tag-ivan-lam","12":"tag-mobile","13":"tag-rising-prices","14":"tag-shipment-growth","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}