iPhone sales in China reached a record level for the three months ended February 28, 2015, due to the high demand for the flagship model in anticipation of the New Year according to the lunar calendar. This was reported by analyst firm Kantar Worldpanel.
Popularity of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus will allow Apple to increase its share of the Chinese smartphone market to 27.6%. "Apple" communicator during this period became the best selling among China's urban population - 10.2% of sales. In second place is a model Xiaomi RedMI Note, in the third - iPhone 6 Plus.
Apple expects to increase sales of the iPhone in China due to the program in TRADE . On April 1, the service is now available in all 18 stores branded retail Apple Store.
In the US and Europe iPhone 6 has also been the sales leader among all smartphone manufacturers, although the percentage of iPhone in the US market market in December - February declined to 38.8% from 39.3% over the same period a year earlier. In Europe, the number of smartphones on the Android operating system decreased by 2.9% to 67.6%, while the popularity of iOS increased by the same 2.9%. In the US, the share of iOS decreased from 39.3% to 38.8%.
According to the forecast Kantar, fast time to market of new Android-flagships from Samsung, HTC, LG and Huawei «add fire in the battle of ecosystems".