China Smartphone Sales Fall 7% YoY in First 6 Weeks of 2024; Double-digit Declines for Apple, OPPO, vivo
China’s smartphone unit sales declined by 7% YoY during the first six weeks of 2024. Apple fell 24% over the period.
Is this surprising? Phones are living a lot longer than 2 years these days and while there have been some jumps in performance YoY, 2-4 year old phones perform basic tasks just as well as their new counterparts.