China's October 2018 Domestic Handset Shipments Up 0.9% YoY
CAICT, 11/12/18
A total of 38.53 mln mobile handsets were shipped in China in October 2018, up 0.9% YoY but down 1.3% 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 October, 36.42 mln were 4G handsets, up 1.6% YoY, 0.1 mln were 3G handsets, and 2.01 mln were 2G handsets.
In the 10-month period from Jan-Oct 2018, a total of 343.20 mln mobile handsets were shipped in China, down 15.3% YoY. Of this total, 324.27 mln were 4G handsets, down 15.0% YoY, 0.15 mln were 3G handsets, and 18.78 mln were 2G handsets.
A total of 32.53 mln handsets from domestic handset brands were shipped in China in October, up 1.9% YoY, accounting for 84.4% of total handset shipments. Shipments of smartphones comprised 36.27 mln, or 94.1%, of total handsets shipped in China in October. Of total smartphone shipments during the month, 85.1% were Android-based smartphones.
In the 10-month period from Jan-Oct 2018, 308.04 mln handsets from domestic handset brands were shipped in China, down 15.2% YoY, accounting for 89.8% of total handset shipments.
During the same 10-month period, shipments of smartphones comprised 323.12 mln, or 94.1%, of total handsets shipped in China. Of total smartphone shipments during the period, 89.3% were Android-based smartphones. The top 10 smartphone makers by shipment volume in China from Jan-Oct 2018 accounted for a combined 92.7% of smartphone shipments in China during the 10-month period, up 8.1 percentage points from the same period in 2017.
During the month of October, 48 new handset models were released in China, of which 32 were 4G models and 16 were 2G models. Of the total new handset models released in October, 32, or 66.7%, were smartphone models. In the 10-month period from Jan-Oct 2018, 683 new handset models were released in China, down 23.0% YoY; of this total, 520 were 4G models, 3 were 3G models, and 160 were 2G models. Of the total new handset models released from Jan-Oct 2018, 519, or 76.0%, 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 shipment volume CAICT handset model national statistics
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