Our takes on Amazon and Apple heading into next week’s earnings reports

Our takes on Amazon and Apple heading into next week’s earnings reports


China’s smartphone market could decline in the second quarter as the country experiences a resurgence of covid cases, analysts said. But Apple could fare quite well, the analysts said as it continues to attract users in the high-end of the market.

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