China smartphone sales are faring far better than expected

In some welcome good news for Apple, Instinet analyst Jeffrey Kvaal writes in a new research note Tuesday that smartphone sales in China are faring far better than feared year-to-date amidst the COVID-19 coronavirus turmoil.
Apple’s current flagship smartphone, the iPhone 11 Pro Max
Eric J. Savitz for Barron’s:Kvaal notes that new Chinese government data show that smartphone sales for the year through February were down 9% year over year, less than half the 21% overall decline in ret