Apple: 130,000 iOS Apps Are From Chinese Developers

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Karissa Bell
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Apple: 130,000 iOS Apps Are From Chinese Developers
Apple CEO Tim Cook and China Mobile chairman Xi Guohua at a China Mobile Store on Jan. 17, 2014, the day China Mobile started selling the iPhone 5S and 5C. Credit: Alexander F. Yuan

There are 130,000 apps from Chinese developers in Apple's App Store, according to numbers released Monday during the company's Q1 earnings call.

To put that in context, the App Store had more than one million apps in total as of last October.

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The number of apps coming out of China will likely continue to rise, as Apple broadens its reach in the country.

Expansion in Asia was a big topic during Monday's call. Overall growth in China is up 20%, and revenue grew 31% during Q1.

Earlier this month, Apple partnered with China Mobile, the country's largest wireless carrier, to begin selling the iPhone 5S and 5C.

"We've been selling with China Mobile for a week," Apple CEO Tim Cook said during the call. "Last week was the best week we've ever had for activations in China."

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