The handset market across the world has declined in recent months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology recently released the mobile phone shipments for the month of May. According to it, the Chinese phone market slumped 11.8% YoY last month.

It is interesting to see the mobile phone market in China to decline in May when it recovered in April with 14.2% YoY increase in shipments.

Phone makers shipped a total of 33.8 million units in May 2020 in China. Whereas, from January to May, they shipped 124 million handsets, an 18% YoY drop.

A total of 32 new models were released last month, which is 22% less compared to last year during the same period. Also, the launch of new models decreased by 18.8% YoY overall in the last five months with only 169 SKUs.

Smartphone shipments were down by 10.4% YoY in May with 32.66 million units. It was even lower by 16% YoY from January to May with 121 million units.

Having said that, 5G smartphones accounted for half of the new release in May with 16 models. Companies shipped 15.64 million 5G phones last month covering 46.3% of total mobile phone shipments in May.

During the past 5 months, China witnessed the launch of 81 5G phones shipping 46.08 million units. This is the only segment where the country observed progress.

Last but not least, Chinese smartphone brands ruled the market with 91.7% market share in May and 90% in the last 5 months.

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The COVID-19 global pandemic has undoubtedly affected all the businesses in the world, including the mobile phone industry. However, a report released by the China Information and Communications Technology Institute shows the Chinese mobile phone market has recovered in April with 14.2% YoY increase in shipments.

China Mobile Phone Market April 2020

Though the mobile phone industry in China recovered in April with shipments of 41.728 million units, there was a YoY decrease of 20.1% from January to April. The country witnessed 90.681 million units shipments in the last four months.

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In April alone, 48 new mobile phone models were launched in China, which is an increase of 14.3% YoY. But when we consider from the beginning of this year, only 137 new models were released, which happens to be down by 18% YoY.

China 5G Mobile Phone Market April 2020

As for 5G phones are concerned, 16.32 million units were shipped in April, accounting for 39.3% of the total mobile phone shipments. Further, 22 new 5G models were launched, which is 45.8% of the total new models launched in the same period.

In total, 65 new 5G handsets were released from January to April, accounting for 47.4% of new launches and 33.6% of total shipments with 30.441 million units.

China Feature Phone Market (Local Brands) April 2020

Talking about brands, Chinese-branded feature phones shipped 37.982 million units in April, an 11.9% YoY increase, accounting for 91% of all the brands. A total of 44 new models were released in April, an increase of 25.7% YoY, totalling 91.7% of all the new models.

Whereas, from January to April, there was a 22.7% YoY decline with 81.03 million shipments, accounting for 89.4% of the total shipments.  A total of 123 Chinese-branded feature phones were launched in this period, a YoY decline of 16.3%, accounting for 89.8% of all the new models released.

China Smartphone Market (Local Brands) April 2020

As for local or domestic Chinese-branded smartphones are concerned, they shipped 40.782 million units in April, a 17.2% YoY increase, accounting for 97.7% of all the brands. However, there was a 5.9% YoY decrease in terms of new models launch (32), accounting for 66.7% of the total new model releases.

Considering from January to April, 88.518 million Chinese-branded smartphones were shipment with 17.9% YoY decline, accounting for 97.6% of the total smartphone shipments. Domestic brands launched 106 new models, a 19.7% YoY decline, accounting for 77.4% of the total new smartphone launches.

Going by the data, the China mobile phone market has recovered by a high margin. But only time will tell if it will be able to keep up the momentum in the coming months.

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