To boost sales in China, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has raised the trade-in prices for iPhones in the country. This move comes as the tech giant faces intensified competition from local rivals.

Apple Inc. (AAPL) has reversed its China sales decline, reporting an increase in iPhone sales in the second quarter of 2025 – a first since mid‑2023 – said Counterpoint Research. Sales of ...

For the past two years, Apple has been having a tough time in China. Just recently, the U.S. trade war and local incentives from the Chinese government really got in the way of iPhone sales.

Apple iPhone sales in China grew 8% in the second quarter, according to a report from Counterpoint Research. It was the first such period of growth for Apple in China since the second quarter of 2023.

Apple’s iPhone shipments in China declined by 9% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025, according to new data from IDC. The tech giant sold 9.8 million smartphone in China for quarter one ...

"Apple's adjustment of iPhone prices in May was well timed and well received, coming a week ahead of the 618 shopping festival," Ethan Qi, associate director at Counterpoint said in a press release.

This basically means that iPhone sales in China have stopped going down in China (for now), it does not mean Apple is recovering in China. Long Apple. Just want to point out the obvious.

Apple Inc. is weighing raising prices for the iPhone lineup coming out later this year, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter whom it didn’t identify.

A full pivot to US manufacturing appears unlikely for Apple, since it would take approximately five to 10 years and hike iPhone prices to an estimated $3,500, according to Wedbush Securities ...