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Shipments of foreign-branded phones in China up 0.6% y/y in December, says CAICT
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on February 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 26, 2026
Foreign-branded phone shipments in China rose 0.6% in December, with Apple's performance being significant. Overall phone sales increased by 22.1%.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Shipments of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple Inc's iPhone, in China rose 0.6% in December year-on-year, according to data released on Friday by a government-affiliated research firm.
Calculations based on the data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) showed that during the month, shipments of foreign-branded phones in China rose to 3.74 million units, up from 3.72 million units a year earlier.
As the largest foreign phone player in China's smartphone-dominated market, Apple's performance is seen as significant in the overall data on foreign-branded phone shipments in the country.
Overall phone sales in China increased by 22.1% to 34.53 million units in December, CAICT data showed.
(Reporting by Liam Mo, Brenda Goh and Beijing Newsroom; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)
The article discusses the rise in shipments of foreign-branded phones in China, focusing on Apple's market performance.
How did overall phone sales in China perform? Overall phone sales increased by 22.1% in December.
What organization provided the data? The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) provided the data.
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