The missions iPhone fell on 494.000 in February compared to 1,27 million in the corresponding month of the previous year.
ΤApple's sales in China have been hit hard by the coronavirus, according to new statistics released by the Chinese government, cited by Reuters.
According to her statistics Academy of Informatics and Communications of China, the shipments iPhone decreased to 494.000 in February compared to 1,27 million in the corresponding month of the previous year.
However, Apple is not the only smartphone maker whose sales in China have suffered such a blow due to the coronavirus. According to government figures, the overall smartphone market fell 54,7% compared to February of the previous year, ie only 6,34 million devices were sold from 14 million sold in the same period last year. Of course, the drop for the devices was also big Android, which were reduced by 12,72 million to 5,85 million.
It should be reminded that the drop in sales due to the coronavirus has been indirectly announced by the company itself when, as of last month, in a note to investors, it was manually revising the revenue forecasts for the current quarter. As he explained at the time, the coronavirus epidemic, which led to the closure of work in its factories and stores in China, would result in revenues not meeting the forecasts made at the beginning of the year for the quarter of March.
«The rate of decline is not surprising given the epidemic experienced by China, the question that arises of course is how quickly the supply chain and demand in the Chinese market will be able to recoverSaid the Webush analyst, dan ives.
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