When it comes to Asia, Apple’s increasing foothold in China has been the big Cupertino-related story of the year. However, mainland China’s far from the only Asian country that’s big into Apple devices.
According to a new report published today, Apple stormed the smartphone market in Taiwan for the month of November, capturing a 24.6 percent share in sales volume, and a massive 48.9 percent in sales value.
Of the 10 top-selling phone models sold in Taiwan last month, different configurations of the iPhone 6 represented four of them, with the most popular models being the 64GB iPhone 6 Plus, the 64GB iPhone 6, and the 16GB variants of both devices.
After the iPhone has eaten up the lion’s share of sales, other smartphones which sold well in Taiwan included Samsung’s Galaxy Note 4, the Sony Xperia Z3, HTC Desire 816, HTC One M8 16GB, ZenFone 5 16GB, and HTC Desire 820 dual-sim.
Compared to mainland China, Taiwan is, of course, a minnow when it comes to sales. Apple’s success in the country does, however, continue to demonstrate just how big a market Asia represents for Tim Cook and co. Then again, when it comes to Taiwan, perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised: this is, after all, the country where a politician once dressed up as Steve Jobs to try and secure more votes for himself.
