iPhone Sales Jump 15% in April-May as Apple Reclaims China Lead

iPhone income climbed 15% year-over-year during April and May, signaling Apple's strongest two-month show for the play since the pandemic, according to preliminary information from Counterpoint Research's Market Pulse Global Monthly Smartphone Sales Report.


The maturation was driven chiefly by the United States and China, Apple's 2 largest markets. Both regions returned to affirmative year-over-year maturation aft 3 years of declines during what is typically a little seasonal period. China income were peculiarly notable, with Apple capturing the apical spot successful May. It's rather the turnaround, aft Apple lone precocious sustained marketplace stock losses to Huawei and different section mobile vendors.

"Q2 iPhone show looks promising astatine the infinitesimal but arsenic ever swings either mode are dictated by 2 markets – US and China," said elder expert Ivan Lam. Lam questioned whether caller U.S. income reflected user concerns astir imaginable tariffs and whether China's momentum could proceed with authorities subsidies and promotional offers.

The study showed Japan besides indicated beardown iPhone demand, with the much affordable iPhone 16e proving particularly fashionable among consumers who favour smaller devices. The device's entry-level pricing seemingly appealed to Japanese tastes, portion Apple besides maintained beardown income for the iPhone 16 basal exemplary and adjacent the older iPhone 14.


India continued its maturation trajectory arsenic Apple expands some manufacturing and marketplace beingness successful the world's astir populous country. Analyst Jeff Fieldhack noted that the surge suggests "agentic AI is not rather a origin yet" successful astir smartphone purchasing decisions, giving Apple clip to integrate Apple Intelligence much broadly crossed its platforms and heighten Siri's lagging capabilities.
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