Micro-commerce, conducted through social media and chat software such as WeChat, is a hot market in China. It is viewed by enterprises as a new and improved way to market and sell compared to traditional e-commerce models, and by consumers as a quicker, less effort-intensive way to shop, using recommendations and shared information from people they trust. … [Read more...]
China smartphone market overview Q2 2017
According to the latest research from Counterpoint, the smartphones shipments in China grew a modest 3% annually during Q2 2017. … [Read more...]
China’s mobile phone market overview in June 2017
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. … [Read more...]
Xiaomi smartphone shipment grew by 70% in Q2 2017
The shipment volume of Xiaomi smartphones totaled 23.16 million in the second quarter of 2017 with an increase of 70% QoQ according to an internal letter by Lei Jun. … [Read more...]
Top 10 smartphone brands in China in April 2017
The total sales of smartphones in China reached 35.52 million units in April 2017, led by Huawei with 8.08 million units and 22.8% market share. … [Read more...]
China smartphone shipments overview Q1 2017
Phone companies shipped a total of 347.4 million smartphones worldwide in the first quarter of 2017. Huawei grew nearly 22% in China as shipments climbed from 28.1 million units last year, to 34.2 million units in Q1 2017 according to IDC. … [Read more...]
China smartphone market insights for Q1 2017
iPhone has the highest retention rate (18.6%) in Q1 2017, followed by Huawei (13.4%). However, Huawei is the top smartphone brand in China by sales (19.2%) in the first quarter of 2017, followed by OPPO (18.7%). … [Read more...]
China smartphone market overview in Feb 2017
iOS market share dropped to 26.3% in China's smartphone market from 29.1% in January 2017 according to a research company Newzoo. … [Read more...]
China smartphone sales overview in Jan 2017
Top China smartphone brands Oppo and Vivo had the highest market share by total shipment volume while Honor and Xiaomi generated most online sales in January 2017. … [Read more...]
China smartphone shipment overview 2016
China's smartphone market saw a 19% YoY growth and 17% QoQ growth in Q4 2016 according to IDC. It grew by 9% in 2016 with top Chinese smartphone vendors taking up a larger share of the market. … [Read more...]
Top smartphone models in China in 2016
China smartphone shipments were up 9% in Q4 2016 and 12% in 2016 according to Counterpoint. Huawei, Oppo, and Vivo (HOV) emerged as clear winners in 2016. … [Read more...]
China smartphone usage insights 2016
Chinese smartphone vendors have a combined possession ratio of 59% in 2016, led by Huawei (24%). 67% of China's local smartpone brands owners are very willing to recommend their smartphones to others, comparing with 73% among global smartphone brands owners. … [Read more...]
iOS accounted for 17.1% of smartphone sales in urban China in Oct 2016
iOS accounted for 17.1% of smartphone sales in urban China during the three-month period ending in October 2016 due to iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus’ strong performances according to Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. … [Read more...]
Chinese smartphone vendors only ones to increase sales in Q3 2016
Huawei, Oppo and BBK Communication Equipment together accounted for 21% of the smartphones sold to end users worldwide in Q3 2016. They were the only smartphone vendors in the global top five to increase their sales and market share during the quarter, according to Gartner. … [Read more...]
China smartphone devices overview for Q3 2016
The number of active smartphone devices reached 1.45 billion units, an increase of 11.5% QoQ according to Umeng. … [Read more...]
OPPO leading China smartphone market in Q3 2016
The total shipment of smartphones in China exceeded 115.1 million units in Q3 2016 according to IDC data, led by Oppo (17.5%), Vivo (16.7%), and Huawei (15.7%). … [Read more...]