the reason is cost and availability. The iphone is way too expensive in china as you must by the phone outright with no contract as most people use pre paid pla

the reason is cost and availability. The iphone is way too expensive in china as you must by the phone outright with no contract as most people use pre paid plans. There are some ways to get the phone discounted but still require you to leave deposit with phone company for the full value of the phone which is over $600. The other reason is this does not account for age groups. There are so many cheap android phones on the chinese market used by older people who barely even know how to check their email with it, they just buy it because it is similarly priced to non smart phones. For the 18-30 crowd i think iphones must be over 50% market share for all phones not just smart phones