China's September 2024 Domestic Handset Shipments Down 24% YoY, Up 6% MoM
CAICT, 11/01/24
A total of 25.37 mln mobile handsets were shipped in China in September 2024, down 23.8% YoY, but up 5.5% 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 September, 22.32 mln, or 88.0%, were 5G handsets, 2.92 mln, or 11.5%, were 4G handsets, and the remaining 0.14 mln, or 0.5%, 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 9-month period from Jan-Sep 2024, a total of 220.35 mln mobile handsets were shipped in China, up 9.9% YoY. Of this total, 187.05 mln, or 84.9%, were 5G handsets, 32.75 mln, or 14.9%, were 4G handsets, and the remaining 0.55 mln, or 0.2%, were 3G and 2G handsets.
A total of 20.36 mln handsets from domestic handset brands were shipped in China in September, down 18.4% YoY and 8.2% MoM, accounting for 80.2% of total handset shipments. Shipments of smartphones comprised 23.72 mln units, down 25.7% YoY, but up 12.4% MoM, accounting for 93.5% of total handsets shipped in China in September.
In the 9-month period from Jan-Sep 2024, 188.00 mln handsets from domestic handset brands were shipped in China, up 15.2% YoY, accounting for 85.3% of total handset shipments. During the same 9-month period, shipments of smartphones comprised 205.87 mln, or 93.4%, of total handsets shipped in China.
During the month of September, 35 new handset models were released in China, down 16.7% YoY and 25.5% MoM. Of the total new handset models released during the month, 13, or 37.1%, were 5G models, 22, or 62.9%, were 4G models, and none were 3G or 2G models; 34, or 97.1%, of the new handset models were from domestic brands, and 18, or 51.4%, were smartphone models.
In the 9-month period from Jan-Sep 2024, 316 new handset models were released in China, down 5.7% YoY; of this total, 164, or 51.9%, were 5G models, 152, or 48.1%, were 4G models, and none were 3G or 2G models. Of the total new handset models released from Jan-Sep 2024, 294, or 93.0%, were from domestic brands, and 218, or 69.0%, 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 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.
Keywords: handset smartphone wireless 4G MIIT 3G 5G CAICT handset model shipment volume national statistics domestic vendor
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