Non-Android smartphone shipments in China climbed by 33% in the the fourth quarter of 2015 to 24.3m units, according to figures from the country’s Academy of Telecommunications Research. The vast majority of those shipments were Apple products, and China now accounts for the largest market outside of the US for Apple. However, with 457m smartphones shipped, up 18% from 2014, China remains an Android stronghold – with 388m handsets running the OS. The news is contrary to the prevailing investor sentiment that iPhone sales have been disappointing in China. Apple has recently, according to rumors, cut back on component orders for its new iPhones, which impacted the share price of suppliers Hon Hai, Largan Precision, Catcher Technology and Samsung too…