From a slowdown in China to waning iPhone demand, WSJ’s Dan Gallagher explains the main factors contributing to Apple’s fourth-quarter revisions. Photo: APSEOUL—Apple Inc.’s stumble in China is an all-too-familiar story for rival Samsung Electronics Co.Five years ago, the South Korean technology giant sat atop the Chinese market, selling nearly one of every five smartphones there. Today, Samsung is an also-ran, controlling less than 1% of the world’s largest smartphone market. Samsung has pared back local staff and last month closed one of its two Chinese smartphone factories.

Source: Wall Street Journal January 04, 2019 12:21 UTC