Apple iPhone 11 Scores Early China Success, Official Data Shows
- Upgrades to camera and battery spur 6% growth in shipments
- China is Apple’s most important market after the U.S.
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Chinese consumers are rediscovering their appetite for iPhones.
Apple Inc. shipped 10 million iPhones in China during September and October, based on Bloomberg’s calculations from government data on overall and Android device shipments. That’s the first indication of the company’s performance following the autumn release of its latest gadgets, and it shows iPhone shipments up 6% from a year earlier, according to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, which is run by the country’s technology ministry.