A test for Apple’s new iPhone: Beating Chinese rivals with home-field edge
But that reign is over—a casualty, in part, of the escalating U.S.-China technology Cold War. Apple has fallen from first to third in the country, dethroned by two Chinese companies, Vivo and Huawei, that offered similar features at lower costs as China’s economy slumped. Now Apple has a new offering in the world’s biggest smartphone…