Foreign smartphone sales in China edge up 2.7% in July, research data shows

BEIJING: Sales of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple Inc’s iPhone, in China rose 2.7% in July year-on-year, according to data released on Wednesday from a government-affiliated research firm.

Calculations based on the data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) showed that during the month, sales of foreign-branded phones in China rose to 2.38 million handsets million units, up from 2.315 million a year earlier.