Apple’s share of the booming Chinese smartphone market enjoyed a modest bump in the fourth quarter of 2013, and strong demand for the iPhone in Russia has carriers rethinking their strategies. Read more »
IDC reported this week that growth in the massive Chinese smartphone market slowed late last year for the first time since early 2011. We’re likely to see sales rebound in 2014,… Read more »
Apple is reportedly preparing to ship iPhones to China Mobile, marking the first time it will sell handsets through the world’s largest mobile carrier. And while China’s 3G penetration rates lag… Read more »
Samsung reportedly dominated the booming smartphone market in China during the first quarter of 2013, according to estimates from Strategy Analytics. But while the Galaxy lineup has been crucial to Samsung’s… Read more »
Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledged during today’s earnings call that the company is looking to older versions of the iPhone to tap emerging markets like China. But Apple could better leverage… Read more »
China’s Alibaba outlined aggressive plans to push its mobile operating system in the world’s biggest smartphone market. That could spell trouble for Google, whose Android platform runs on a whopping 90… Read more »
China will almost surely surpass the U.S. as the world’s largest market for smart devices by the end of February, according to new data from Flurry. And 3G handset penetration remains… Read more »
Data from the Chinese search giant Baidu indicates that usage of Android handsets from major manufacturers is on the wane in China, while usage of no-name brands and knockoffs is increasing… Read more »
China already accounts for more new iPhone and Android activations than the U.S., and the country’s mobile data consumption will grow drastically as 3G networks are built out. But the exploding… Read more »
Brian White at Ticonderoga Securities stoked the Apple-rumor files this morning by claiming that Apple may sell its upcoming iPhone 5 through China Mobile. That’s a big deal, of course, because… Read more »