Sales of foreign branded phones in China down 9.7% in May-CAICT
Sales of foreign-branded mobile phones in China, including
Apple iPhones
, experienced a 9.7% decrease in May, according to data released on Friday by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (
CAICT
). Shipments of these
foreign branded phones
fell to 4.54 million handsets for the month.
The government-affiliated research company, CAICT, provided the data indicating this decline.
Reuters calculations, based on the CAICT data, revealed the specific number of handsets shipped.
"Shipments of foreign branded phones including Apple iphones were down to 4.54 million handsets for the month, Reuters calculations based on the data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) showed."
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