Apple's overall smartphone shipments fell 2.2% year-on-year in 2023, while the overall market fell 5%, IDC said.
China's smartphone market has been hit because of an uncertain economic environment in the country and weak consumer spending.
In 2023, Honor, a spin-off from Chinese company Huawei, held the second spot with 16.8% market share, followed by Vivo, Huawei and then Oppo.
Another market research firm called Counterpoint Research also came out with China numbers on Thursday.
Counterpoint said it expects the China market to record low single-digit year-on-year growth in 2024, the first year of growth since 2018.
Persons:
Tim Cook, Justin Sullivan, Arthur Guo, Apple
Organizations:
Getty, Apple, International Data Corporation, IDC, Huawei, IDC China, Vivo, Research
Locations:
Cupertino , California, China