iPhone Keeps Crushing It in China - MOSK: 11.19.2025

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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0:00.0	This is MacOS Ken.
0:08.8	iPhone keeps crushing it in China.
0:11.6	Illinois IDs hit Apple Wallet
0:14.2	and have a see an unseen Steve Jobs interview.
0:18.7	It is Wednesday the 19th of November, 2025.
0:22.6	I'm Ken Ray, and this is news from MacOS Ken.
0:28.2	Brought to you by yours truly and sponsored by Nordlayer.
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0:47.9	This show is also supported by people like you, patrons through Patreon.
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1:04.3	One in-four smartphone sold in China last month was an iPhone.
1:09.7	That is the word from counterpoint research. The market
1:13.3	tracker posted a post Tuesday that had smartphone sales in China up 8% in October versus the same
1:19.5	month a year earlier. That was driven by growth for iPhone, sales of which were up 37% versus October of 2024. According to the firm, all three iPhone
1:32.9	17 models, Plain, Pro, and Pro Max, saw mid-to-high double-digit growth rates in October compared to
1:40.7	the iPhone 16 series. One counterpoint analyst was quoted as saying
1:45.8	the iPhone 17 series continues to deliver for Apple
1:49.2	with the Basin Pro models growing fastest.
1:52.7	Share of the new iPhone models is extremely high
1:55.4	at over 80% of unit sales,
1:59.3	so we are likely to see growth amplified as rising average selling prices
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