07:23 AM EST, 11/27/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Apple ( AAPL ) saw a decline in smartphone sales in China in October as foreign-branded phone sales fell by 44.25% year-on-year, Reuters reported Wednesday, citing a data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology.

Sales of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple's ( AAPL ) iPhone, amounted to 6.2 million units in October, compared with around 11.2 million units a year earlier.

Overall, smartphone sales in China showed an increase of 1.8%, reaching 29.7 million units in October, Reuters reported, citing the data.

Apple ( AAPL ) did not immediately respond to requests for comment from MT Newswires.

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