Chinese market resurges in April, 5G phones account for nearly 40%

OSTN Staff

The Chinese smartphone market rebounded in April, as per government figures. A total of 40.8 million phones were shipped, which is a 14% increase over April 2019. Out of those, 16 million or nearly 40% were 5G phones.

That wasn’t enough to offset the COVID-19 effect since as a whole shipments in the months January through April have decreased 20%, compared to the same period in 2019. But April was the first month in which growth in shipments was recorded, which is a good sign going forward.

Sadly the official numbers no longer quote Android-only numbers, so it’s not possible to…

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