Apple Tops China for First Time in Six Years After Huawei Fades

(Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. was China’s top-selling smartphone brand in 2021’s final quarter, industry research showed, taking the top spot in the world’s largest mobile market for the first time since 2015.

The newly released iPhone 13 helped Apple outsell Chinese rivals Vivo and Oppo after Huawei Technologies Co. plummeted in the rankings, Counterpoint Research said Wednesday in a report. Apple’s China sales surged 32% even as the overall domestic market shrank 9%, hurt by chip shortages and an economic slowdown that constrained production and consumer demand.