With the launch of smartphones iPhone 13, Apple managed to sell 21.5 million phones in China in the fourth quarter, which represents a year-on-year increase of 40% and also a record for the company itself since 2009, the year in which it entered the Chinese market.
In the opinion of Toby Zhu, an analyst at Canalys, “a lower launch price for the iPhone 13 series, which significantly stimulated consumer interest at a time when consumption was generally weak in China”.
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Behind Apple, in the ‘top 5’ are local brands such as Oppo, Honor, Xiaomi Y Vivo.
At the global level, the order changes, with Vivo taking the title of best seller with 71.5 million units, 24% more than in 2020, followed by about Oppo, with 68.7 million (+15%); The podium is completed by Xiaomi (50.5 million), Apple (49.4 million) and Honor (402 million).
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As regards the Chinese smartphone market, Canalys indicates that 333 million units were sold in the Asian country throughout 2021, which is 1% more than in 2020, however, still 10% below the levels of 2019, the last year before the covid-19 pandemic.
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For her part, Amber Liu, another of the Canalys analysts, that in 2022 China will continue to be the world’s largest market for high-end smartphones.
With information from The Associated Press Agency.
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