iPhone sales in China decline amid fierce competition from local brands

Tackling the smartphone market in China has to be nothing short of an exercise in frustration for Apple. On the one hand, the country remains one of Apple's most strategic geographic regions, bolstered by a population of 1.35 billion people. But on the other hand, Apple is finding that maneuvering within the company is fraught with no shortage of challenges. From patent troll lawsuits  and iPhone 7 clones already hitting the streets, it seems that we can't go a week without some sort of obs