A new iPhone 17 Pro Max smartphone is displayed at the Apple store in Beijing’s Sanlitun area during the start of sales in Beijing, China September 19, 2025. REUTERS
BEIJING, Dec 25 (Reuters) – Shipments of foreign-branded mobile phones, including Apple’s iPhones, rose 128.4% in China in November from the same month last year, according to Reuters calculations based on data released by a government-affiliated research firm on Thursday.
Overall phone shipments in China were up 1.9% year-on-year to 30.16 million units in November, data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology showed. Shipments of foreign-branded phones recorded 6.93 million units.
Reporting by Beijing Newsroom; Editing by William Mallard
