China smartphone demand weak amid Covid resurgence

Smartphone demand in China is cooling off sharply as the resurgence of the pandemic slows consumer spending, warning warning In recent weeks, handset makers including Apple Also told chip makers about the world’s largest smartphone market.

Smartphone shipments in China fell 34% in April from a year earlier to 17.7 million units, data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology showed this week. The Academy, affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said shipments in the first four months of the year declined by 30% to around 86 million units.