The emerging digital market is accelerating Chinese consumers' consumption upgrading. Nowadays, Chinese consumers are more able to consume sensibly. Shopping is no more as easy as "just buy it", according to a report from Accenture. … [Read more...]
[REPORT] China smartphone market insights Q1 2018; shipment dropped by 16%
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China’s smart devices saw a continued growth of 1.8% in active devices to 1.45 billion units in Q1 2018. iPhone still led this market. Android smartphones saw 900 million active users in Q1 2018 while Huawei overtook Oppo to have the highest retention rate. Smartphone shipments in China dropped by 16% in Q1 2018. Check out smartphone sales, shipment, top brands, market share, … [Read more...]
Xiaomi making promising start in Europe
Chinese smartphone brand Xiaomi, which is making debut in Europe, earned 4.4% of sales market share in five major European markets in Q1 2018, ranking No.4, according to latest smartphone OS data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. … [Read more...]
What does Xiaomi US$10 billion IPO in HK reveal?
Xiaomi filed an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong on May 3, 2018, becoming the first technology corporation to use Hong Kong’s new rule, i.e. dual-class shares, for going public. … [Read more...]
China smartphone sales forecast 2020
China smartphone sales reached 455.9 million units in 2017, an increase of 1.1%, according to data from Analysys. It forecasts the total smartphone sales will decrease to 437.99 million units in 2020. … [Read more...]
China smartphone market declined 4.9% in 2017
China smartphone market declined 15.7% year-over-year (YoY) in Q4 2017 and 4.9% for the whole of 2017 according to IDC. … [Read more...]
[SURVEY] China mobile consumer behaviors & trends 2018
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The Big Picture of Mobility: 2017 Deloitte China Mobile Consumer Survey is an online survey conducted by Deloitte China TMT industry during the past five years. The survey focuses on consumer behaviors, trends, and opinions regarding a broad range of wireless and mobility products and services. … [Read more...]
REPORT Digital screens wider and deeper influence in China
Consumers haven’t realized how deeply digital screens impact their daily lives, especially on weekdays according to Wavemaker. As Tier 3-4 markets’ usage has caught up, we believe that the "always on" consumer is now mainstream. … [Read more...]
Top 5 smartphone brands in China account for 91% of total sales in Oct 2017
Leading smartphone brands have tightened their grip of urban China market. In the three months ending October 2017, the top five brands – Huawei (including sub-brand Honor), Xiaomi, Apple, Vivo and OPPO – made up 91% of smartphone sales in urban China, compared to 79% a year earlier, according to the latest smartphone OS data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. … [Read more...]
China smartphone market in Q3 2017; 4 out of 10 using Huawei or iPhone
iPhone and Huawei smartphones showed retention rates of 18.5% and 18.1% in China respectively as of September 2017 according to data from Jiguang. … [Read more...]
Tencent performance highlights Q3 2017; profit grew by 69%
Tencent achieved 61% year-on-year revenue growth to RMB65,210 million (USD9,825 million), driven primarily by smartphone games and PC games, payment-related services, digital content subscriptions and sales, and online advertising. … [Read more...]
China smartphone shipment hights in Q3 2017; top 5 occupy >75% of the market
While the smartphone market in China saw a flat -1% YoY growth in Q3 2017 compared to the same period last year, the share of the top five smartphone companies grew from 65.2% in 2016Q3 to 76.0% in Q3 2017. … [Read more...]
Over 3/4 China smartphone users to use phone payment in 2017
More than three-quarters (76.3%) of smartphone users (461.4 million) in China will use phone payment for goods and services at the point of sale (POS) in 2017 according to eMarketer, raising its projections by more than 86.0%. … [Read more...]
China’s Online Retail Trends of Devices Sales in Q3 2017
The 10 charts from IDC China show the online retail channel trends for the various devices between the Q1 2016 and Q3 2017. They essentially highlight that the online retail channel continues to be an important channel for the sale of devices in China. … [Read more...]
Apple grew iPhone shipment in China by 40% in Q3 2017
Chinese smartphone shipments registered another 5% declinein Q3 2017 to 119 million units according to data from Canalys. The race to the top remains tight as Huawei, Oppo and Vivo took 19%, 18% and 17% market share respectively. … [Read more...]
Chinese consumer habits in smartphone purchases 2017
Chinese consumers were once notorious for changing and upgrading their mobile phones at a furious pace. In recent years, however, this trend has begun into change, driven by increasing quality in phones and by increasing prosperity, with fewer consumers viewing smaller purchases such as smartphones as signals of status. … [Read more...]