China's January 2020 Domestic Handset Shipments Down 39% YoY
CAICT, 2/24/20
A total of 20.81 mln mobile handsets were shipped in China in January 2020, down 38.9% YoY and 31.6% 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).
Of total shipments in January, 5.47 mln were 5G handsets, 15.00 mln were 4G handsets, and 346,000 were 2G handsets.
A total of 18.32 mln handsets from domestic handset brands were shipped in China in January, down 42.9% YoY and 31.2% MoM, accounting for 88.0% of total handset shipments. Shipments of smartphones comprised 20.37 mln, down 36.6% YoY and 29.6% MoM, and accounting for 97.8% of total handsets shipped in China in January. Of total smartphone shipments during the month, 88.7% were Android-based smartphones.
During the month of January, 34 new handset models were released in China, of which 8 were 5G models, 18 were 4G models and 8 were 2G models. Of the total new handset models released in January, 26, or 76.5%, were smartphone models, all based on the Android operating system.
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 5G CAICT handset model shipment volume national statistics
Sending
