Counterpoint: iPhone shipments in China grew 23% YOY in June quarter
"Continued demand for the iPhone 17 series was further supported by consumer expectations of higher iPhone prices in Q3 2026, prompting some purchases to be brought forward."
Philip Elmer-DeWitt has been covering Apple since 1983 — mostly for Time Magazine (28 years), later for Fortune (9 years), where he wrote a daily blog called Apple 2.0. [Read more.]