Apple’s iPhone sales in China took a major hit in early 2025

Apple’s iPhone sales in China have dropped considerably, with shipments of non-Chinese smartphone brands down almost 50% year-on-year in March.

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China is an important market for Apple, besides being its largest manufacturing center. However, it seems that Apple’s sales struggle in the country is far from ending, according to recently released shipment figures.

Data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) seen by DigiTimes covers smartphone shipments in March 2025. It revealed that there was an overall year-on-year increase in smartphone shipments of 6.5%.

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