China Oct smartphone shipments up 30.6% y/y, likely driven by iPhone


Shipment numbers were up from about 25 million in October 2020 and 20.8 million in September 2021, according to the CAICT. — Reuters

SHANGHAI: Shipments of smartphones within China rose 30.6% year-on-year to 32.7 million handsets in October, the China Academy of Information and Communications (CAICT) reported late on Nov 23.

The figures follow a large fall that began in the first half of the year, with the revival driven by the release of the latest models of Apple Inc’s iPhone, according to a research firm.

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