“Personalities matter a lot in international relations, especially between great powers.Ĭhina had for years driven Apple’s spectacular growth even as smartphone demand elsewhere faltered. Medeiros, formerly the senior director for Asian affairs at the National Security Council, said by email. Trump and Xi Jinping, the president of China, have contrasting political styles, and their pairing has injected new unpredictability into relations.“I could not think of two more different protagonists in the great drama of U.S.-China relations,” Evan S. Trump’s and Xi’s Differences Magnify Uncertainties Between U.S. Samsung didn’t even figure in the top five. IPhone shipments plummeted 23.2 percent in 2016, shrinking Apple’s market share to just 9.6 percent - the lowest in about two years. “Even though the new black colored iPhones caught the attention of consumers, overall, the new launches did not create as much of a frenzy compared to the past,” IDC said in its report, a regular and closely watched release.Ĭhinese vendors are marketing higher-end gadgetry that appeals to consumers seeking Apple-like quality and innovation. company to fourth spot, IDC said in a report released Monday. and Vivo phones were the top three sellers, accounting for 48 percent of shipments last year and relegating the U.S. Xiaomi itself was ranked fifth in 2016, as Oppo, Huawei Technologies Co.
Trump stunned officials across the globe by becoming the first president or president-elect to speak to a Taiwanese leader since at least 1979.Īpple and Samsung have steadily ceded ground in China to aggressive local manufacturers since Xiaomi Corp. The president-elect has suggested that the “One China” policy could be used as a bargaining chip, but China has some leverage of its own.Under that decades-old policy, the United States severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan as part of its recognition of the People’s Republic of China. If Donald Trump Pushes on Taiwan, How China Could Push Back A decline in Apple shipments in the fourth quarter highlighted how the iPhone 7 failed to make as big a splash in the face of escalating competition.
With a line-up of flexible- and curved-screen devices, they look set to dominate the market in 2017. and Samsung Electronics Co.Īfter including Vivo, Chinese vendors held the top three slots and accounted for 48 percent of shipments in the country during 2016, research firm IDC said. © Bloomberg News BC-APPLE-IN-CHINA Chinese smartphone brands Oppo and Huawei are tightening their grip on the world’s largest market, grabbing local share and squeezing out Apple Inc.
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