CAICT released an analysis report on the operation of the domestic mobile phone market in January 2024: 31.778 million units were shipped, of which 5G mobile phones accounted for 82.3%


First, the overall situation of the domestic mobile phone market

In January 2024, the domestic market shipped 31.778 million mobile phones, a year-on-year increase of 68.1%, of which 26.165 million 5G mobile phones, a year-on-year increase of 59.0%, accounting for 82.3% of mobile phone shipments in the same period.

Domestic mobile phone market shipments and 5G handset share
Figure 1  Domestic handphone market shipments and 5G handset share

In January 2024, 29 new models of domestic mobile phones were launched, a year-on-year increase of 123.1%, including 9 5G mobile phones, a year-on-year increase of 28.6%, accounting for 31.0% of the number of new mobile phone models listed in the same period.

The number of new mobile phone models and the proportion of 5G mobile phones on the market in China
Figure 2  The number of new mobile phone models and the proportion of 5G mobile phones on the market in China

Second, the composition of domestic and foreign brands in the domestic mobile phone market

In January 2024, 26.236 million domestic brand mobile phones were shipped, up 165.2% year-on-year, accounting for 82.6% of mobile phone shipments in the same period, and 26 new models were listed, up 116.7% year-on-year, accounting for 89.7% of the number of new mobile phone models listed in the same period.

Shipments and proportion of domestic brand mobile phones
Figure 3  Shipments and proportion of domestic brand mobile phones

Third, the development of domestic smart phones

In January 2024, 29.513 million smartphones were shipped, up 61.4% year-on-year, accounting for 92.9% of mobile phone shipments in the same period, and 17 new smartphone models were launched, up 41.7% year-on-year, accounting for 58.6% of the number of new mobile phone models launched in the same period.

Domestic smartphone shipments and proportion
Figure 4  Domestic smartphone shipments and proportion

Guiding unit: Information and Communication Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Report completion unit: China Academy of Information and Communications Technology

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Contact: Wang Weihua
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E-mail: wangweihua@caict.ac.cn