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China’s smartphone providers saw the end of three consecutive months of shipping contraction in April, when factories and stores reopened amid easing of coronavirus-related restrictions.
In the fourth month of this year, China’s smartphone shipments totaled 40.78 million units, representing a 17.2% year-on-year increase, according to a report released Tuesday by the Chinese Academy of Information and Communication Technology (CAICT ), a group of experts. affiliated with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Smartphone shipments in the country registered year-on-year decreases of 36.6% in January, 54.7% in February and 21.9% in March, previous data from the CAICT showed.
April figures showed early signs of a recovery for phone makers, which have been gradually restarting production since March. In the first trimester Huawei It was the only major smartphone vendor to experience slight growth in shipments in its local market, delivering 30.1 million units compared to 29.9 million units during the same period last year, according to research firm Canalys.
CAICT did not give details of shipments of Android smartphones in its April figures, making it difficult to know how many Apple The phones were delivered in China last month. The US company shipped nearly 2.5 million iPhones to the country in March, compared to 500,000 phones the previous month.
The number of new smartphone models launched in April fell 5.9% yoy to 32, and many smartphone brands prefer virtual product launches as the industry continues to recover from the effects of the pandemic, the report added. of the CAICT.
Contact journalist Ding Yi ([email protected])
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