Apple’s share of China’s smartphone market slipped for a second straight quarter in October-December, as it lost ground to cheaper local brands and as some shoppers held off until after the iPhone 4S launch in January, reports “Reuters” (http://macte.ch/jERa1).
While Apple regained its top spot as the world’s largest smartphone vendor in the fourth quarter and for last year as a whole, it slipped to fiftth place in China, overtaken by ZTE, the article adds Apple’s China smartphone market share dipped to 7.5% from 10.4% in July-September.