Base model iPhone 17 activations in China approach 30 million
"The raging success of his particular device is also a major reason why the Cupertino firm has secured the majority of global smartphone profits in Q1 2026."
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.]