Smartphone shipments in China in July jump 30.6%: CAICT

Shipments of smartphones within China jumped 30.6% year-on-year to 27.8 million handsets in July, the China Academy of Information and Communications (CAICT) reported on Thursday.

The figures are a positive sign for handset sales for the remainder of the year after a lull in the first half.

Shipment numbers are up from 21.3 million in July 2020 and up from 25.2 million in June 2021, according to the CAICT, a state-backed think tank.

Handset brands are currently production issues due to a global computer chip shortage.

A combination of factors including demand miscalculation, unexpected factory shutdowns and U.S.-China tensions caused a number of automobile companies to report chip sourcing issues in late December.

That shortage has since spread to many types of chips and all kinds of hardware, including smartphones.