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🗓️ 17 February 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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0:00.0 | This is Mac OSKIN. A look at iPhone sales in China, a sneak peek at iOS 16.4 features and a bit of news around Apple TV plus. |
0:18.3 | It is Friday, the 17th of February, 2023. |
0:22.2 | I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Maco-Sken brought to you by yours truly and |
0:30.3 | supported by people like you patrons through Patreon. |
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0:46.0 | The end of COVID restrictions plus Lunar New Year celebrations |
0:50.0 | equal a pretty good January for iPhone in China. |
0:54.0 | Counterpoint research issued iPhone numbers for the first month of the year in the Middle |
0:58.9 | Kingdom. |
1:00.8 | The overall numbers for smartphones are actually a bit strange. |
1:04.3 | According to the firm January 2023 numbers are about the same as January |
1:09.8 | 2022. |
1:11.1 | However, this is seen as a really good start for the year since January 2022 was the best |
1:17.8 | month for smartphone sales in China all last year. The rest of the year was rocked by the occasional COVID |
1:25.6 | lockdown. With those apparently in the rearview mirror, Counterpoint thinks |
1:30.8 | smartphone sales in China should recover to positive growth this year, |
1:35.8 | though that'll be in the low single digits in the firm's estimation. |
1:40.8 | Not that everyone agrees. |
1:43.0 | Counterpoint's own release says some cynical smartphone watcher see the January numbers |
1:48.6 | as a function of Pena December demand plus the early Lunar New Year. |
1:54.8 | That said, counterpoint counters that those factors help clear out inventory and |
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