iPhone shipments in China saw a sharp decline in December 2024

iPhone sales have declined in China. The company has suffered a loss in terms of sales in December 2024 as compared to December 2023. The report released by Ming-Chi Kuo says that iPhone sales have decreased by 10 to 12% in the country. The reason for this is also explained here as to why the Apple iPhone 16 series did not become popular among the customers in China and why the customers avoided buying the phone. Let us know in detail what the new report says.

There has been a decline in iPhone sales in China. There has been a decline of up to 12% in year-over-year sales in December 2024 as compared to December 2023. Released by Ming-Chi Kuo Report It has been said that customers did not like Apple’s latest iPhone 16 series much. The reason given is that the company did not do much in the field of innovation due to which the new series could not attract the customers. Compared to the previous series, users did not find much attractive in the new series.

It has also been said in the report that if we look at the overall smartphone market situation in the country, it is stable. This means that there has been no decline in the sales of smartphones in the country during December. Despite this, Apple’s sales have declined in China. Ming Chi Kuo believes that the company’s sales may decline further. This decline in Apple sales in China may continue in the first quarter of 2025.

Kuo is also not showing much enthusiasm about the iPhone 17 series. As per rumors, the new iPhone 17 series will be exclusively eSIM based. That means the company can remove the support of physical SIM in the series. If this rumor proves to be true then customers in China will not like the upcoming series very much. The reason is that not all telecom carriers in China offer e-SIM support, so switching to the new series may be challenging for some users.