On October 28, market research firm Counterpoint Research released its Weekly Smartphone Sales Tracking Report, indicating that in the first three weeks after the launch of Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series, global sales increased by 3.1% year-over-year compared to the iPhone 17 Pro series. Notably, sales in the Chinese market surged by 29% year-over-year, becoming the primary driver of global sales growth, while sales in the US and Japanese markets declined.
