The arrival of big-screen iPhones in the big China market promises a significant shift for the final quarter of 2014.
Apple's latest iPhones have proved popular in China. CNET
Apple's top iPhone market may no longer be the United States.
Set to announce its earnings for the December quarter on Tuesday, Apple could reveal that it sold more iPhones in China than in the US for the first time ever, the Financial Times reported Sunday.
Analysts at UBS predict that China captured 36 percent of all iPhone shipments last quarter, compared with 24 percent in the US. That's a huge change from the same period last year, when the US held 29 percent of iPhone shipments and China 22 percent.
Creative Strategies analyst Ben Bajarin forecasts that Apple sold 2 million more iPhones in China than it did in North America.
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http://www.cnet.com/news/china-likely-to-top-us-for-apple-iphone-sales/
