China Apple noise

If Apple on Tuesday submitted its quarterly results, then should often be in China this week. For the first time the iPhone maker could have sold more smartphones than there in the home country. And for the most recent product is already tumbled sharply in the People's Republic.

Hamburg - Apple CEO Tim Cook had already forecast 2013: China could become the largest source of revenue for the iPhone maker soon. In the first fiscal quarter of 2015 announces its results for the Apple on Tuesday evening after US market close, China should have now surpassed the domestic market of the Group. Of this, analysts at UBS from, reported the "Financial Times".

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So analysts expect that China will be responsible for 36 percent of iPhone sales, but the US is "only" 24 percent. In the same period 2014, 29 percent of smartphones in the US and 22 percent were sold in China.

For Apple, China will become the most important market. China is clearly with 574.2 million (eMarketer) predicted smartphone users Leader. The US, with 184.2 million smartphone owners is far ahead of the 2nd place.

Once the devices were only produced in the People's Republic. The rapid growth of China has led to the fact that mainly attacks the richer population to luxury products. In recent years, Apple had made increasing efforts, earlier and earlier to get the sales permit in China. The company tried including the smuggling of iPhones and black market trading curb.

In the fall of 2014 finally Apple has with China Mobile, China's largest telecom operator, to conclude a partnership that sales of the new iPhone larger models may have undoubtedly accelerated 6 and 6 Plus. UBS estimates that a total of 69.3 million iPhones Apple could have sold. The general analyst estimate of Wall Street goes out of 65.5 million units.

Even the more conservative estimate suggests a new record quarter for the US group. Apple had so sold 51.03 million iPhone models in the same period in the first fiscal quarter of 2014.. The smartphone generates slightly more than half of sales and is responsible for nearly 70 percent of the profits.

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