In April 2022, the production volume of cellphones in China amounted to around 127 million units.
Cell phone industry in China – additional information
According to the statistic shown, almost 1.5 billion cell phones have been produced in China in 2020. China has been one of the leading cell phone manufacturing countries in the world and may continue to develop steadily in the near future. In addition to its established status as a manufacturing country for mobiles, China’s domestic mobile phone market has become one of the largest cell phone markets in the world.
As of 2020, around 130 million units of smartphones were shipped quarterly. However, total smartphone shipments started dropping in the last few years with around 326 million units of smartphones shipped in China in the same year.
The number of cell phone subscribers in China had reached about 1.6 billion in October 2021, displaying a growth momentum of a few million subscribers each month, which was hit hard by coronavirus at the beginning of 2020. Meanwhile, the number of fixed telephone lines had decreased to about 181 million in October 2021, marking a cutback of about eight million subscriptions over the past 12 months. In terms of operating systems, Android and iOS had maintained their tight grip on the market with a mobile phone operating system market share of over 78 percent and 21 percent in China as of January 2022.
Production of cell phones in China from April 2021 to April 2022
(in million units)
According to the source, figures for January and February have been grouped to minimize the influence of the Chinese New Year on the data. Chinese New Year falls between January and February.
Figures have been rounded to provide better presentation.
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National Bureau of Statistics of China. (May 23, 2022). Production of cell phones in China from April 2021 to April 2022 (in million units) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/226434/production-of-cell-phones-in-china-by-month/
National Bureau of Statistics of China. "Production of cell phones in China from April 2021 to April 2022 (in million units)." Chart. May 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/226434/production-of-cell-phones-in-china-by-month/
National Bureau of Statistics of China. (2022). Production of cell phones in China from April 2021 to April 2022 (in million units). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/226434/production-of-cell-phones-in-china-by-month/
National Bureau of Statistics of China. "Production of Cell Phones in China from April 2021 to April 2022 (in Million Units)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/226434/production-of-cell-phones-in-china-by-month/
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