Shipments of foreign-branded smartphones, including iPhones, in China rose 0.6% in December year-on-year, according to data released on Friday by a government-affiliated research firm.
Reuters reports that calculations based on the data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (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,” notes Reuters. Overall phone sales in China increased by 22.1% to 34.53 million units in December, CAICT data showed.
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