China's March 2015 Handset Shipments Down 5.2% YoY
CAICT, 4/13/15
A total of 37.46 mln mobile handsets were shipped in China in March 2015, down 5.2% YoY from March 2014, according to new figures released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) (prior to December 2014 known as the China Academy of Telecommunication Research (CATR)), a department of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). Among total shipments in March, 29.91 mln were 4G handsets, up 631% YoY, accounting for 79.9% of the total handset shipments.
A total of 28.93 mln handsets from domestic handset brands shipped in China in March, an increase of 7.2% YoY, accounting for 77.2% of total handset shipments. Among the 32.08 mln smartphones shipped in China in March, 98.1% were Android-based. During the month, 130 new handset models were released in China, of which 94 were 4G models. Of the total new handset models released in March, 105, or 80.8%, were smartphone models.
Editor's Note: CAICT's statistics cover domestically produced, domestically shipped handsets from both Chinese and foreign brands, but do not include imported handsets or exports of domestically produced units. Only handsets shipped through official channels are included, meaning grey market or "shanzhai" handsets are not covered in CAICT's figures. "Shipped" means only that the manufacturer shipped the handset to a wholesaler or retailer, where it may or may not have been sold to a consumer during the month under discussion.
Keywords: handset smartphone wireless 4G MIIT CAICT handset model shipment volume national statistics
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