Title: Apple’s China comeback playbook now includes government-backed discounts Post by: HCK on June 30, 2025, 04:05:05 pm Apple’s China comeback playbook now includes government-backed discounts
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/02/China-considering-antitrust-investigation-into-Apple-likely-as-leverage-in-trade-war.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>After a rocky stretch, Apple managed to bounce back (https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/17/u-s-and-china-drive-iphone-rebound-for-april-and-may/) last month with a 15% jump in iPhone sales, driven largely by renewed demand in the U.S. and China.</p> <p>In China, especially, Apple had been losing ground (https://9to5mac.com/2025/05/12/foreign-smartphones-sales-plunge-in-china/) to local brands benefiting from government subsidies on lower-cost phones. Now, it appears Apple is joining the subsidy program itself.</p> <a data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="aapl" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" data-post-id="1007413" href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/24/apple-joining-china-subsidies/#more-1007413" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: Apple’s China comeback playbook now includes government-backed discounts (https://9to5mac.com/2025/06/24/apple-joining-china-subsidies/) |