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it depends on your definition of market share - whether it is quarterly shipment or % of phones on carrier networks. apple devices are a few times more expensi

it depends on your definition of market share - whether it is quarterly shipment or % of phones on carrier networks. apple devices are a few times more expensive than say Xiaomi, they thus stay in people's pocket for much longer. for shipment data, Apple's figure is not that fancy any more, they count for only 8% of the shipment in Q2 2017. http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-and-samsung-are-losing-market-share-in-china-2017-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-and-samsung-are-losing-...

seanmcdirmid 9y ago
It does fall and rise on any quarter given apple’s predictable release schedule. Still, 20% sustained marketshare for China at the price they are selling compared to local competitors is quite the feat.
- dis-sys 9y ago
  Apple shipped 18% of phones worldwide, but when it comes to the Chinese market, it counts only 8%. You need a lots of explanations if you refuse to acknowledge the obvious here. https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3859963 https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3859963 Before start to waste your time, the 8% shipment in China figure was >14% just 24 months ago. https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/11/8584277/smartphone-shipments-china-market-share-apple https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/11/8584277/smartphone-shipme... To give you some extra details - I live in downtown Shanghai, as of writing, several months after IPhone X's release, I have not even seen the IPhone X yet as not any single one of my families, friends or colleagues has switched to that.
  - ksec 9y ago
    That is why i wasn't very optimistic in iPhone X China figures. I dont see them around in China much as well. And the craze was no where near my expectation, and nothing compared to iPhone 6. But the sales figure was very different when announced. You are not the only one with this observation as well. Most of my friends and colleagues in different area of China had the same observation as well. I wonder why.
    - quickben 9y ago
      So where did they go? 8% is a lot.
      - seanmcdirmid 9y ago
        I think parent just doesn't hang around Xintiandi very much.

seanmcdirmid 9y ago

It does fall and rise on any quarter given apple’s predictable release schedule. Still, 20% sustained marketshare for China at the price they are selling compared to local competitors is quite the feat.

dis-sys 9y ago
Apple shipped 18% of phones worldwide, but when it comes to the Chinese market, it counts only 8%. You need a lots of explanations if you refuse to acknowledge the obvious here. https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3859963 https://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/3859963 Before start to waste your time, the 8% shipment in China figure was >14% just 24 months ago. https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/11/8584277/smartphone-shipments-china-market-share-apple https://www.theverge.com/2015/5/11/8584277/smartphone-shipme... To give you some extra details - I live in downtown Shanghai, as of writing, several months after IPhone X's release, I have not even seen the IPhone X yet as not any single one of my families, friends or colleagues has switched to that.
- ksec 9y ago
  That is why i wasn't very optimistic in iPhone X China figures. I dont see them around in China much as well. And the craze was no where near my expectation, and nothing compared to iPhone 6. But the sales figure was very different when announced. You are not the only one with this observation as well. Most of my friends and colleagues in different area of China had the same observation as well. I wonder why.
  - quickben 9y ago
    So where did they go? 8% is a lot.
    - seanmcdirmid 9y ago
      I think parent just doesn't hang around Xintiandi very much.