Apple's European iPhone sales climb, but not enough to beat Samsung, Xiaomi

New research figures show that Chinese smart phone manufacturer Xiaomi outsold Apple's iPhone in Europe in Q2 2021, and was beating Samsung by the end of the quarter.Xiaomi Mi 11i smartphonesThe latest market research report from Counterpoint claims that Europe is seeing sales of smart phones generally recover from their coronavirus lows. Year on year figures for Q2 2021 were up 33%, but apart from the iPhone SE 'bright spot' for Apple, Q2 2020 was the worst smartphone quarter for all vendors, in a decade. Read more...