Just like it has done with EVs, China’s investment in smartphones is leaving big brands playing catch-up. Forget iterative ...

Globally, smartphone shipments shrunk 11% in 2022 compared to the year before. After a decade of frantic growth, China’s smartphone market is hitting a speed bump as COVID-19 roils the world’s ...

Domestic smartphone sales rose 2.3 per cent year on year in the September quarter, reinforcing market forecasts of a low single-digit increase in 2024 China's smartphone market is on track to ...

Smartphone shipments to the China market amounted to 58.4 million units in the third quarter of 2022, falling 20.5% from a year ago to a new low since third-quarter 2020.

Apple’s descent from the top of China’s smartphone market in 2024 signals a seismic shift in the competitive landscape of one of the world’s largest smartphone markets. Data from Canalys ...

While smartphone makers have for years depended on China for growth, the market is now nearing saturation. Simply put, most people in China who want a smartphone already have one.

In February 2013, China surpassed the United States to become the world’s largest smartphone market. More than half a decade on, it still proves an elusive target for international sellers.

China's smartphone shipments have dropped for the first time in six years as the market continues to mature and hit saturation point. The country's smartphone segment shrank 4 percent year-on-year ...

After years of spectacular growth, smartphone sales in China are on the wane. The Chinese market, the biggest in the world, suffered its first ever annual decline last year, according to research ...

BEIJING—The world’s largest smartphone market doesn’t have much room left to grow. Smartphone shipments in China fell 4.3% in the first quarter compared with a year ago for the first time in ...

Global smartphone shipments are headed for their worst year for over a decade as prolonged economic uncertainties in China and beyond are hurting consumer spending. Shipments are expected to drop ...

Chinese smartphone makers are grappling with a slowdown in domestic sales as the market becomes saturated, posing a particular challenge for young, small brands such as OnePlus.