In China's booming smartphone market, which is set this year to overtake the United States as the world's largest, a host of little-known local firms are primed with cheap phones to squeeze market share from U.S. giant Apple Inc's iPhone.
Apple Inc's sales growth in China slowed in the past quarter along with the country's economic growth as customers' interest in electronic devices waned.
Chinese Internet users favor "free lunches", the habit has forced application developers to find better returns in overseas markets.
A young mother is hoping that an anti-theft iPhone app can help her retrieve precious pictures of her baby stored on a stolen cell phone.
Companies in Shenzhen realize profits of more than $1.58 billion every year from Apple accessory production and sales.
Apple Inc asked a US appeals court to block sales of some products made by Samsung Electronics Co that it contends "slavishly copy" the two devices.