SAN FRANCISCO — Apple is famous for setting trends.
In China, though, Apple has found success by following one.
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In 2013, Apple also released the iPhone 5C, a lower-cost version of the smartphone that analysts thought would help increase its growth in China. But the latest numbers suggest that consumers in China, in large part, wanted bigger iPhones, not cheaper ones.
Most of Apple’s revenue in the quarter came from the Americas, where Apple reported $30.6 billion in revenue. But Timothy D. Cook, the company’s chief executive, recently said it was only a matter of time until most of Apple’s sales came from China.
