Shipments of foreign phones in China rise slower 10.9% in June, data shows

Apple's new iPhone 7 smartphones sit on a shelf
at an Apple store in Beijing, China

BEIJING (Reuters) -Shipments of foreign-branded phones including Apple's iPhone within China rose 10.9% in June year-on-year to 2.87 million handsets, a smaller gain than in previous months, data from a government-affiliated research firm showed on Monday.

During the month, overall shipments of phones within China increased by 12.5% to 24.91 million handsets, according to the data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT).

June's increase in foreign-branded phone shipments was slower compared to the previous two months, when they surged by more than 40% each month.

By Reuters.

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