Apple May Advance iPhone 16 Release in South Korea Amid Chinese Market Slowdown

TapTechNews August 7th news, although the iPhone series of mobile phones has steadily occupied the market share second only to Samsung in the South Korean market, Apple has always released in South Korea several weeks after the first batch of new machines are released, which causes great dissatisfaction among South Korean Apple users.

According to several South Korean media such as The Korea Times, due to the decline in demand in the Chinese market, Apple is considering launching the iPhone 16 series in South Korea in advance. If the news is true, this will be the first time since the launch of the iPhone 3GS in 2009 that South Korea has become one of the first places to launch new iPhones.

TapTechNews found that CounterpointResearch data shows that Apple's market share in South Korea in Q1 is 24%, and Samsung Electronics' share is 75%. Analysts said that Apple's market share will increase significantly every year, and it is believed that the release of the new iPhone in September will be reflected in the data.

Canalys data shows that Apple's market share in China in the second quarter of this year has shrunk from 16% in the same period last year to 14%, which also means that the company has fallen out of the list of the top five smartphone suppliers in China.

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