Apple in Huge Pressure in China, iPhone sales dropped by 19 Percent

American devices maker Apple has suffered a major setback. The company’s sales in China have declined by about 19 percent in the first quarter of this year. Due to this, the company’s market share in China has decreased to 15.7 percent. Vivo is at first place in this market and Honor is at second place.

on government employees in China Apple A ban was imposed on the use of devices. This is a major reason for the decline in company sales. Apart from this, Apple is also facing a tough challenge from Huawei. Huawei’s market share has increased to 15.5 percent. Apple had also given discount on iPhone in China but despite this its sales have decreased.

Apple’s mixed reality headset Vision Pro will soon be launched in China. Its sales started in America in February. The company plans to make it available in many countries. Apple’s Chief Executive, Tim Cook had told during the China Development Forum that the Vision Pro will be launched in China this year. He said that the company plans to continue investing in research and development in China. Its price starts at $3,499 for the base variant with 256 GB storage. Its 512 GB variant is priced at $3,699 and 1 TB variant is priced at $3,899. It has an external battery pack that connects via a cable. The Vision Pro has six microphones, two primary cameras, six secondary (tracking) cameras, four cameras for eye tracking, a LiDAR scanner, and six other sensors.

in India in the last financial year company Has manufactured iPhones worth $14 billion. About 67 percent of the iPhones made in the country are assembled by Apple’s supplier Foxconn and about 17 percent by Pegatron. In the last few years, manufacturing and sales of iPhones have increased rapidly in the country. Tata Group’s plant in Karnataka also has a stake in the manufacturing of iPhones. Last year, Tata Group had taken over this plant from Wistron. Apple has provided employment to more than 1.5 lakh people in India after participating in the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme. The age of most of these people is between 19 to 24 years.