US stock turbulence has thrown a spotlight on tech giants’ valuations amid a recent market pullback

The top five spots in the country are now held solely by Chinese smartphone makers — for the first time ever

Apple has upped local production in India through contract manufacturers like Foxconn but it still imports some high-end iPhone models

Handset makers are banking on the rollout of artificial intelligence features to fuel the continued recovery in the global phone market

Widespread blackouts amid a heatwave last year hit several manufacturers in north Vietnam and resulted in estimated $1.4 billion worth of losses

The discounts on offer are more substantial than the ones Apple offered in February, which helped perk up the company's shipments in March

The smartphone-maker is expanding its reach, after four years of damage from US sanctions, backed by flashy showrooms, premium products and an army of distributors

The server chip will likely focus on running AI models, also known as inference, rather than in training AI models, where Nvidia is dominant

iPhone sales, which make up about half of Apple's revenue, are seen dropping 10.4% in the first three months of 2024

Huawei looks set to become the No-1 smartphone seller in China this year, backed by the launch of its new series of high-end phones

Apple CEO Cook also met Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi on Tuesday as the US tech firm looks to expand in Southeast Asia

Samsung, which launched its latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S24 series at the beginning of the year, shipped more than 60 million phones in Q1