iPhone market in China grows 75pc year-on-year as mainland and Hong Kong first to get 6S on September 25
The market for Apple's iPhone grew 75 per cent in mainland China year-on-year, chief executive Tim Cook revealed on Wednesday.
The greater China region – which includes the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan – is Apple's second-largest market after the Americas. In the company's earnings for the third quarter of 2015, revenue from the region increased 112 per cent to US$13.2 billion.
Cook said Apple "continued to experience strong growth for our business in China through July and August", two months in which the country's stock markets fell by more than 20 per cent, wiping out all gains made during the year.
"Growth in iPhone activations has actually accelerated over the past few weeks, and we have had the best performance of the year for the App Store in China during the last [two] weeks."
Smugglers who bring in devices from Hong Kong to resell on the mainland market may be disappointed this time however, as Apple named China among the regions first in line to get the new phone on September 25, along with Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Singapore, the UK and the US.
