China's July 2024 Domestic Handset Shipments Up 31% YoY, Down 3% MoM
CAICT, 8/28/24
A total of 24.20 mln mobile handsets were shipped in China in July 2024, up 30.5% YoY but down 2.8% 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 July, 20.65 mln, or 85.3%, were 5G handsets, 3.54 mln, or 14.6%, were 4G handsets, and the remaining 0.01 mln, or 0.04%, were 3G and 2G handsets. Note that CAICT breaks out shipment figures only for 5G and 4G models, to the nearest 1,000 units and 10,000 units, respectively; accordingly, the 3G/2G figures we have provided here are calculated using CAICT's total, 5G, and 4G figures, and may include a rounding error of up to 10,000 units.
In the 7-month period from Jan-Jul 2024, a total of 170.93 mln mobile handsets were shipped in China, up 15.3% YoY. Of this total, 144.98 mln, or 84.8%, were 5G handsets, 25.65 mln, or 15.0%, were 4G handsets, and the remaining 0.30 mln, or 0.2%, were 3G and 2G handsets.
A total of 21.83 mln handsets from domestic handset brands were shipped in China in July, up 34.4% YoY but down 1.0% MoM, accounting for 90.2% of total handset shipments. Shipments of smartphones comprised 22.17 mln units, up 28.3% YoY but down 7.0% MoM, accounting for 91.6% of total handsets shipped in China in July.
In the 7-month period from Jan-Jul 2024, 145.46 mln handsets from domestic handset brands were shipped in China, up 19.9% YoY, accounting for 85.1%* of total handset shipments. During the same 7-month period, shipments of smartphones comprised 161.06 mln, or 94.2%, of total handsets shipped in China.
During the month of July, 29 new handset models were released in China, down 17.1% YoY but up 11.5% MoM. Of the total new handset models released during the month, 13, or 44.8%, were 5G models, 16, or 55.2%, were 4G models, and none were 3G or 2G models; 28, or 96.6%, of the new handset models were from domestic brands, and 18, or 62.1%, were smartphone models.
In the 7-month period from Jan-Jul 2024, 234 new handset models were released in China, down 1.7% YoY; of this total, 122, or 52.1%, were 5G models, 112, or 47.9%, were 4G models, and none were 3G or 2G models. Of the total new handset models released from Jan-Jul 2024, 220, or 94.0%, were from domestic brands, and 167, or 71.4%, 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 knock-off 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.
*This figure was calculated by Marbridge based on our running total of CAICT's monthly unit figures, which are rounded to the nearest 10,000. The figure provided by CAICT in this month's report, 84.8%, is calculated based on the YTD unit totals CAICT provided in this month's report, which are rounded to the nearest million.
Keywords: handset smartphone wireless 4G MIIT 3G 5G CAICT handset model shipment volume national statistics domestic vendor
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