Archive · 20 Aug 2025
Foreign Phone Sales in China Decrease Sharply in June
In China, sales of phones made by companies from other countries went down a lot in June.
This includes phones like the iPhone.
Sales of these phones dropped by about 31% compared to the same time last year.
Overall, people in China bought fewer phones in June; about 9% less than last year.
The official numbers show that about 1.971 million foreign-branded phones were shipped in June, which is a big drop from 2.869 million the previous year.
These numbers were collected by a research group connected to the Chinese government.
Sales of foreign-branded phones in China fell 31.3% year-on-year in June.
Overall phone sales in China decreased by 9.3% in June.
Shipments of foreign-branded phones totaled 1.971 million units in June.
This is a decrease from 2.869 million units in June of the previous year.
The data comes from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT).
- Who
- Sales of foreign phone brands, including Apple
- What
- Sales of foreign-branded phones decreased in China.
- When
- June
- Where
- China
- Why
- The articles do not specify a reason for the sales decline.
- Foreign-Branded Phone Sales Drop (YoY)
- 31.3%
- Total Phone Sales Decline (YoY)
- 9.3%
- Foreign Phone Shipments (June)
- 1.971 million units
- Foreign Phone Shipments (June Previous Year)
- 2.869 million units
- Source of Data
- CAICT