Apple’s iPhone sales worldwide are up, but in China are down 13% year over year, and CEO Tim Cook argues that it’s a reflection of overall economic issues rather the iPhone losing popularity.
Previously, Apple saw a 4% drop year over year in iPhone sales over China’s annual Singles Day in November. Despite that, other analyst figures claim that the long-running decline in China’s smartphone sales has been stemmed, and Apple was most recently the top seller in the country.