{"id":1508238,"date":"2024-12-16T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T01:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1508238"},"modified":"2024-12-16T20:25:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T01:25:00","slug":"how-will-apple-compete-with-168-ai-smartphones-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/how-will-apple-compete-with-168-ai-smartphones-from-china\/1508238\/","title":{"rendered":"How Will Apple Compete With $168 AI Smartphones From China?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">How Will Apple Compete With $168 AI Smartphones From China?<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Chinese brands are targeting Apple iPhone users with <strong>low-cost, AI-equipped smartphones<\/strong> in the world&#8217;s largest handset market.<\/p>\n<p>Apple&#8217;s delayed rollout of\u00a0&#8220;Apple Intelligence&#8221; has\u00a0resulted in a very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/ai-fueled-iphone-sales-drop-during-worlds-biggest-shopping-holiday-china\">uninspiring launch<\/a> of the iPhone 16 in China,\u00a0while <strong>domestic brands<\/strong> are <strong>ramping up new low-cost\u00a0AI-powered<\/strong> smartphones to seize market share from Apple in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Goldman&#8217;s\u00a0Allen Chang and\u00a0Verena Jeng wrote in a note to clients over the weekend that an increasing number of\u00a0Chinese handset brands are <strong>releasing AI smartphones for the\u00a0mid-end market for as low as $168<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While AI features powered by Large Language Model (LLM) were only available for high-end models in the beginning (Read more in our initial AI smartphone report in Nov 2023), <strong>in the past 12 months, Chinese smartphone brands have actively expanded the AI coverage to mid-end segment<\/strong>,&#8221; the analysts said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How can Apple compete with $168 models, with the one featured below from the Chinese brand Honor?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2024-12-16_11-11-01.png?itok=nRY-mqQB\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Given Chinese New Year will be around the end of January,<strong> we expect more model launches from Feb-Mar after the holiday<\/strong>,&#8221; the analysts said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Counterpoint&#8217;s third quarter shows <strong>Apple&#8217;s market share fell<\/strong> 2.6%\u00a0year-on-year to 13.5%, while domestic brands gained ground: Vivo&#8217;s share increased by 10%, Huawei jumped by 30%, and\u00a0Xiaomi increased by 13%.\u00a0However, Oppo and Honor experienced slight declines.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In October, China&#8217;s third bestselling smartphone brand, <strong>Xiaomi, pointed out that its new smartphone &#8220;comprehensively surpasses&#8221; the iPhone 16 Pro in AI capabilities<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apple Intelligence is so far unavailable in China&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The big question for CEO Tim Cook is how Apple will compete\u2014will the iPhone SE gain AI capabilities?\u2014as domestic Chinese brands roll out AI-equipped smartphones in the mid-end market for as little as $168.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Mon, 12\/16\/2024 &#8211; 15:25<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/how-will-apple-compete-168-ai-smartphones-chinese-brands\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/how-will-apple-compete-168-ai-smartphones-chinese-brands<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Will Apple Compete With $168 AI Smartphones From China? 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