Emerging markets lead Apple’s 3% gain in premium smartphone sales [report]
A new report by Counterpoint Research points to India and China as key drivers of Apple’s 3% year-over-year rise in global premium smartphone sales during the first half of 2025, despite a market share dip. Here are the details. For the past few months, we have covered multiple reports indicating that Apple had managed to reverse a years-long lull in iPhone sales in China, as it also strengthened its India footprint. In fact, both countries came up repeatedly during Apple’s Q3 2025 earnings cal