Apple may have shut down a supplier's proposed partnership with Vivo
Tata Group's acquisition of a stake in rival Vivo's India business was allegedly stopped by Apple, due to Tata owning a factory with Apple's supply chain.
Vivo
Malcolm Owen
Despite China smartphone market contraction, Apple is still expanding
As smartphone markets all across the globe wither away, China saw only two manufacturers pick up any new growth so far in 2023 — and Apple is one of them.
Evan Selleck
Apple earned 66% of the entire smartphone market's profits in 2019
Research claims that while the entire market's smartphone profits declined by around a tenth in 2019, Apple continued to dominate with 66% of all profits and the nearest competitor being Samsung on just 17%.
William Gallagher
iPhone's global marketshare dips to 10.1% amid rise of Samsung & Chinese brands
Apple's share of the global smartphone market fell year-over-year in the June quarter from 11.3% to 10.1%, attributable by a research firm mostly because of better performance by Chinese vendors and Korea's Samsung.
Roger Fingas
iPhone's global marketshare drops in March quarter as Chinese rivals remain ascendant
Apple saw the iPhone drop to 11.9% of the global smartphone market in the March quarter, even as Chinese rivals like Huawei bucked the industry's overall decline.
The first smartphones without ports aren't from Apple
Perhaps beating Apple to the punch on where many people see the iPhone headed, two Chinese brands have teased the first smartphones without any physical buttons, or even any connector ports.
Apple's iPhone estimated third on units, number one in revenue in China
The iPhone is doing quite well in China, having led the local smartphone market in revenue — though not units — during the first half of 2018, according to one research firm.
Apple maintaining iPhone sales volume in plummeting Chinese smartphone market
Smartphone shipments in China are continuing to drop year-over-year. Not only is Apple holding on to estimated sales volume in the country, but the iPhone X and iPhone 8 Plus are both on the list of top five smartphones sold in the country.
Stephen Silver
Apple's cheaper iPhones are not the volume sellers pundits predicted: iPhone 8, X are
It's not news that Apple is grabbing all the profits in the smartphone industry. But new data shows that Apple's most expensive new iPhone flagships are accomplishing this largely on their own, indicating that analyst chatter about smartphone users really wanting cheaper devices is totally delusional.
Daniel Eran Dilger
