Apple iPhone Sales in China Fell by a Fifth in Fourth Quarter: IDC

Apple iPhone Sales in China Fell by a Fifth in Fourth Quarter: IDC
A new iPhone X is sold at an Apple Store in Beijing on Nov. 3, 2017. Damir Sagolj/Reuters
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Apple Inc iPhone sales in China fell 20 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2018, data from industry research firm IDC showed on Feb. 11.

The report is the first to put a firm number on the scale of a recent decline in Apple’s fortunes in the world’s second largest economy, after Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook pointed to China as a big factor in a rare cut in the company’s quarterly sales forecast last month.