Domestic 5G mobile phone shipments were 23.3 million in December of 2022,and represented 83.4 percent of the total shipments. 18 new 5G models were released in the month, accounting for 42.9 percent of the total new models released in the month, according to the China Mobile Phone Market Report, December. 2022 released by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology On February 17.
In 2022, 5G mobile phone shipments were 213.9 million units, and the total number of new models were 220, represented 78.8 percent and 52.0 percent respectively.
Local brands of mobile phone shipments were 22.0 million, down 22.8 percent year-over-year, accounting for 78.9 percent of the total shipments in December. Number of new models released by the local brands were 40, decreased by 20.0 percent year-over-year, and represented 95.2 percent of the total number of new models release in the month.
Domestic mobile phone shipments were 27.9 million, down 16.6 percent year-over-year in December. 42 new models were released in the month, down 25.0 percent year-over-year.
In 2022, domestic mobile phone shipments were 271.5 million and number of new model were 423, down 22.6 percent and down 12.4 percent year-over-year respectively.