Foreign Phone Sales in China See Small Uptick in April, iPhones Included

Hey, so check this out. Turns out foreign phones, like those iPhones from Apple, actually sold a little better in China last month, which was April. A research group connected to the government released some info on Friday, and based on their numbers, about 3.52 million foreign phones were shipped in April. That's just a tiny bit more than the 3.50 million they shipped the year before. Pretty interesting, huh?

Now, Apple is a big deal in China when it comes to foreign phones, especially in that huge smartphone market they have. So, how Apple does really affects those overall foreign phone sales numbers. This small increase in April comes after kind of a slow start to the year. Apple's phone sales in China were actually down quite a bit, like 9%, in the first few months.

It seems like Apple is having a tough time with all the local phone companies in China. They're facing a lot of competition, so they've even had to lower their prices to try and keep up. Earlier in the month, some online shopping sites in China were even giving big discounts, like up to 2,530 yuan (that's about $351!), on the newest iPhone 16 models. Idk, it makes you wonder how they'll keep things going, right?