iOS Gains Over Android in Q2, But US-China Trade War Poses Threat

Jul. 25, 2018

While Apple is having a tough timecracking the Indian market, a Kantar report suggests that iOS gained market share at the expense of Android during Q2 this year. According to the data, strong sales of the latest iPhones (X/8/8 Plus) resulted in a 6 percent increase in Apple’s smartphone market share when compared to the same period last year.

Meanwhile, the iPhone X was also the best-selling device in China with 5.3 percent market-share, even though iOS actually lost ground during the quarter, falling from 21.5 percent of the market to 19.5 percent, while Android raised its share from 78.4 percent to 80.4 percent in the country.

WhileApplehas had a stellar quarter in the US, things could take a turn for the worse in the coming days if the trade war between the US and China keep escalating the way some observers fear it will.According to the WSJ, the latest import duties proposed by President Trump might jack up the prices of iPhones in the country.

As if that wasn’t bad enough, Apple products, including iPhones, iPads and Macs, may all be subjected to increased taxes in China, given that the country is expected to retaliate by levying higher duties and punitive actions against American companies, according to the U.S. Treasury’s former economic and financial emissary to China, David Dollar.

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