Shipments of foreign-branded phones in China up slightly YoY in December

Foreign-branded smartphone shipments in China, including Apple’s iPhone, increased by 0.6% year-over-year in December, according to data released Friday by the CCP’s China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT).

Reuters:
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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.

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MacDailyNews Take: Well, up fractionally YoY in December is better than down!

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