Apple: China rrs definitely an 'extremely exciting' niche for us

Apple: China rrs definitely an 'extremely exciting' niche for us Apple CEO Tim Cook said today that there are room enough with the Cupertino, Calif.-based company to expand in China.

"We continues to be notice it like an extremely exciting market," Cook said in an exceedingly business call with analysts held after Apple disclosed its recent earnings.

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Cook told us that Apple's revenue in China within the last month or two was $5.7 billion, the majority of its overall Asia-Pacific revenue of $7.5 billion. Apple's total China revenue for the whole fiscal year ending last month was $23.8 billion, he was quoted saying, now making up in excess of Fifteen percent about the company's total sales.

While the iPad continues to be popular in China, the iPhone is almost not a market leader with the world's most populous country, which now is liable for approximately 27 percent of global smartphone Gucci iphone 5 case sales. This country, by contrast, represents only 16 percent.

A report by analysis firm IHS in August said the iPhone possibly be No. 7 in China, behind typically less costly devices from Lenovo, Coolpad, Huawei, Nokia, and ZTE. Samsung rrncludes a sizable 20.8 percent business, andAndroid powers a commanding 81 percent of China's smartphones.

Even worse for Apple, the iPhone's share of the market -- though he did this until the iPhone 5 was announced -- has slipped by almost half, to 10 percent, at the time of August.

Cook predicted theiPhone 5 will ship to Chinese customers in December. "I feel good about where we are regarding the manufacturing ramp," he said. "The supply output is really a lot more October."

The iPhone is considered available for purchase in China since late 2009.

In March, Apple confirmed that Cook was visiting China to with government officials, and this man was spotted within your Joy City Apple Store in Beijing. A week ago, Apple announced a fresh three-floor store in Beijing, that is its largest in Asia.