Apple making gains in China even before China Mobile deal

[iMore.com]

Tim Cook has predicted that, eventually, China would become Apple's largest market. So far so good. According to a study by Counterpoint, which is referenced in this post by Marketwatch, Apple?s share of the smartphone market in China rose to 12% in October. This is up from only 3% in September, which is an incredible increase.
Based on the pace of growth of iPhone sales in China Counterpoint said:

This might allow Apple to even reach the No. 1 smartphone player in December or January in China.
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[Spencerdl]

Hummm, I'm kinda selfish (just kidding), does this mean it will be harder to get a "new" iphone 6+ when first released, because Apple is notorious for only putting out a few devices when a "new" iphone is released