China's March 2019 Domestic Handset Shipments Down 6% YoY
CAICT, 4/10/19
A total of 28.37 mln mobile handsets were shipped in China in March 2019, down 6.0% YoY but up 95.5% MoM, according to new figures released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), a department of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The significant month-on-month increase can be explained in part by seasonality, as the week-long Chinese Lunar New Year holiday towards the beginning of February caused a heavy drop in shipment volumes in February.
Of total shipments in March, 26.98 mln were 4G handsets, down 3.9% YoY, 8,000 were 3G handsets, and 1.39 mln were 2G handsets.
A total of 25.69 mln handsets from domestic handset brands were shipped in China in March, down 4.8% YoY, accounting for 90.5% of total handset shipments. Shipments of smartphones comprised 26.94 mln, or 94.9%, of total handsets shipped in China in March. Of total smartphone shipments during the month, 92.1% were Android-based smartphones.
During the month, 52 new handset models were released in China, of which 41 were 4G models and 11 were 2G models. Of the total new handset models released in March, 40, or 76.9%, 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 3G CAICT handset model shipment volume national statistics
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