In June 2017, China’s mobile market has produced a total of 41.786 million mobile phones, showing a comparative 6.2% decrease; there are 97 newly released models, which has decreased 29.7%. In the first half of 2017, China’s mobile market has produced 239 million mobile phones and released 565 new phone models, showing a decrease of 5.9% and 26.0% respectively.
1. Overview of Mobile Phone Market
In June 2017, China’s mobile market has produced a total of 41.786 million mobile phones, showing a comparative 6.2% decrease; there are 97 newly released models, which has decreased 29.7%. Between January and June, China’s mobile market has produced 239 million mobile phones and released 565 new phone models, showing a decrease of 5.9% and 26.0% respectively.
2. Development of 4G Mobile Phones
In June 2017, 39.615 million sets of 4G phones were produced and 78 new models were released into the market, showing a decrease of 5.0% and 36.1% respectively, and made up 94.8% and 80.4% respectively. Between January and June, 226 million 4G phones were manufactured and 462 new models were released, showing 3.0% and 28.8% decrease respectively, and made up 94.8% and 81.8%.
89.0% of the 4G phones manufactured in June were all network phones. The type of networks supported by the 4G phones are as follows: FDD-97.2%, TD-SCDMA 99.1%, WCDMA 97.0% and cdma2000 89.2%.
3. Foreign Brand Mobile Phones in China
In June 2017, 38.078 million foreign brand mobile phones were produced in China, showing a comparative 7.4% decrease, making up 91.1% of China’s manufactured mobile phones for the same period. There were 91 newly released models, which reflects a 30.0% decrease, and makes up 93.8% of the newly released models in China’s mobile phone market.
For the first half of the year, 216 million foreign brand phones were produced in China, with a comparative 4.3% decrease, and made up 90.5% of the phones produced in China in the same period. There were 533 newly released models, with a comparative decrease of 26.7%, making up 94.3% of new model in China in the same period.
4. Development of Smart Mobile Phones
In June 2017, 39.483 million sets of smartphones were produced, with a comparative 5.8% decrease, making it 94.5% of China’s produced mobile phones. Of which, 33.359 million sets were Android phones. Between January and June, 226 million smartphones were produced, with a comparative 3.9% decrease, making it 94.6% of phones produced in China. Of which, 187 million sets were Android phones.
In June 2017, there were 78 new smartphone models released into the market, showing a 36.6% decrease, making up 80.4% of newly launched models in the same period, of which 56 models support Android operating system.
Between January and June 2017, there were 450 new smartphone models released, with a 31.2% decrease, making up 79.6% of the newly launched models in the same period. Of the 450 models, 332 models support the Android operating system.
Mobile apps usage overview in Q1 2017