On January 22th, the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) released its analysis report on the operation of the domestic mobile phone market in December 2023.
The data shows that in December 2023, the domestic market saw a shipment of 28.275 million mobile phones, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%. Among them, 24.2 million units were 5G mobile phones, a year-on-year growth of 4.2%, accounting for 85.6% of the total mobile phone shipments during the same period.
There were 26 new models of mobile phones launched in the domestic market, a year-on-year decrease of 38.1%. Among them, 11 models were 5G mobile phones, a year-on-year decrease of 38.9%, accounting for 42.3% of the total number of new mobile phone models launched during the same period.
From January to December, the cumulative total shipment of mobile phones in the domestic market reached 289 million units, a year-on-year increase of 6.5%. Among them, the shipment of 5G mobile phones was 240 million units, a year-on-year increase of 11.9%, accounting for 82.8% of the total mobile phone shipments during the same period.
The cumulative total of newly launched mobile phone models reached 441, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%. Among them, 214 models were 5G mobile phones, a year-on-year decrease of 2.7%, accounting for 48.5% of the total number of new mobile phone models launched during the same period.