April shipments gave Apple a cleaner China signal, but the iPhone rebound still rests on indirect foreign-brand data.
Key takeaways
- On Tuesday, CAICT’s April shipment data gave Apple a cleaner China signal than the bruising January-to-April totals: the month improved while the year-to-date ...
- That timing matters because Apple entered 2026 with China looking less like a lost cause and more like a volatile recovery story. The latest **China Academy of Informa...
- April 2026 broke from the weaker January-to-April pattern
- China’s mobile phone shipments reached 25.7 million units in April 2026, up 2.8% year over year, according to CAICT figures cited by 9to5Mac. Domestic ...
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