Apple’s Q1 iPhone shipments decline 9% YoY in China

Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro
According to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, China’s smartphone market shipped 71.6 million units in 1Q25, a 3.3% year-on-year (YoY) increase. This growth was driven by the government subsidies that extended to smartphones in January 2025, as well as the peak sales season of the Spring Festival. The market outperformed the global growth of 1.5% but came below IDC’s projections as the