Apple phone shipments jump in China after slumpBloombergApple Inc reclaimed the top spot in China after iPhone shipments jumped 28 percent year-on-year during the holiday quarter despite a memorychip shortage, according to Counterpoint Research. The iPhone 17 series of devices drew consumers, with Apple’s handsets accounting for one in every five shipments in the December quarter, the research firm estimated. Overall, shipments in the world’s largest smartphone arena fell 1.6 percent from a year earlier during the final quarter of last year. A woman uses her smartphone inside the Apple store in Beijing`s Sanlitun area as the new iPhone 17 series smartphones go on sale in Beijing, China September 19, 2025. One blemish on its record was the novel iPhone Air, which launched later in China than elsewhere and sold poorly.
