Author: Wency Chen,Iris Deng

China’s smartphone market saw a decline in foreign shipments, including Apple’s iPhone, while domestic shipments rose significantly, according to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. This trend is mirrored in the competition between Huawei and Apple, where Huawei’s high-end handsets like the Mate and Pura series saw increased demand, boosting the company’s revenue. Huawei’s Mate XT trifold smartphone has sparked a frenzy in the market, leading to sky-high resale prices. The Chinese smartphone market has been dominated by local brands like Huawei, which held a 17.5 per cent share in the first half of the year. Total domestic…