US tech giant shipped 13.1 million units in China during the period, narrowly maintaining its market lead with a 17 per cent share, according to Canalys data released on Thursday
In India, shipments of 5G phones accounted for 77 per cent of all smartphone shipments in first quarter (Q1) of FY25, which means the share increased by 7 percentage points in the following quarter
It may present a model for other countries from Europe to Southeast Asia that seek to curtail the pervasiveness of apps like ByteDance's TikTok while safeguarding their citizens' valuable data.
The spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in India, Ji Rong, said that the move has been discriminatory and selective, and may have violated World Trade Organization (WTO) rules.
As the phone market in China reaches saturation and sales shrink over all, the country's hardware makers are pushing hard, and increasingly winning fans, in places like France, Germany, India and Sout