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those sales, more than 400,000 units were in the last two weeks,
the period in which Apple launched the iPhone 15 on the
mainland, Counterpoint Research said.
In its first 17 days, iPhone 15 sales were down 4.5% compared to
the iPhone 14, Counterpoint said, without providing specific
figures.
Huawei did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Huawei made a surprise launch of its premium Mate 60 Pro phone
in late August, which many analysts say uses a domestically made
chip and marks a breakthrough in the face of years of U.S.
technology sanctions against the company.
The handset has been in high demand, with available stock
swiftly being bought up as soon as it arrives, "creating the
appearance of perpetual unavailability," said Counterpoint
senior analyst Ivan Lam.
The overall global smartphone market contracted by 8% to its
lowest third-quarter level in a decade on subdued demand for
major brands.
Huawei, its former unit Honor, and Transsion Group were the only
brands to record year on year growth in that period.
In China August smartphone shipments remained largely flat,
rising 0.03% year on year to 18.99 million handsets, according
to the China Academy of Information and Communications (CAICT).
(Reporting by David Kirton, editing by Deborah Kyvrikosaios)
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