Apple is the biggest winner in the declining Chinese smartphone market The latest data released by Counterpoint shows that in the fourth quarter of 2021, Apple became China’s largest smartphone supplier with a market share of 23%. This is the first time Apple has topped the Chinese mobile phone market since 2015. Zhang Mengmeng, a research analyst at Counterpoint, said Apple’s outperformance was driven by a mix of its pricing strategy and the premium it gained from Huawei. Since the release of the iPhone 13 series in September last year, Apple has risen to first place in the Chinese market....