Despite the continuous weak growth and even decline in smartphone sales in China, major domestic mobile phone manufacturers still set a “big leap” of shipping target in H1 2015. Although foreign brands iPhone and Samsung still held a large market share, domestic brands as Huawei, Lenovo, Xiaomi and TCL etc. all set their phone sales […]
More Chinese Travelers Active on Mobile Than PC
Since January 2015, the number of active users on mobile apps has surpassed that of the PC side, and the gap is gradually increasing. Online travel websites are increasing efforts to transform to mobile end to compete for more users.
The Value of WeChat Official Accounts
In 2014, Tencent’s mobile revenue reached 22.171 billion yuan (US$3.571 billion) with popularization of WeChat. Now WeChat and Weibo are the two most active mobile apps in China. WeChat is a relatively new app compared with Weibo, but it far surpassed weibo in the number of users and monthly usage.
China Mobile Shopping in Counties Over $32.16B in 2014
According to AliResearch, in 2014, China counties mobile online shopping market exceeded 200 billion yuan (US$32.16 billion), with an increase of 250% YoY, far higher than the increase of online shopping value of the same period.
WeChat Offers 8 Solutions For Smart Devices
WeChat published eight solutions for hardware device integration, including air-conditioner, toys, routers, home appliance, television, recharge equipments, health care and wearbale devices.
Tough Road Ahead for Uber China
Uber China finished nearly US$1 billion financing from Baidu, China Credit Bank, and other large enterprises in China, which made its valuation approximately US$7.5 billion. However, this hasn’t been confirmed by Uber. Uber has also been financing, and the current valuation is about US$51 billion, surpassing the Chinese mobile phone manufacturers Xiaomi to be the […]
China Mobile Music Market Insights 2015
In H1 2015, the number of China mobile internet users reached 860 million, with 120 million increases compared with Q1 2015, which showed s high penetration rate of mobile music users according to data from TalkingData.
China’s Mobile Market Analysis in Q2 2015
The penetration ratio of iOS8 reached 76% in China in Q2 2015; and as of August 2015, only 19.4% subscribers still used the iOS7 system. The popularization of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus promoted the adoption of iOS8, and the free system upgrade feature improved iPhone user base in China. When issued in September 2015, iOS9 might […]
China Travel Market to Reach $617.4B in 2015
The total number of China’s tourists is estimated to exceed 4.1 billion person trips in 2015, and reach a total revenue of 3840 trillion yuan (US$617.40 billion), according to China Tourism Academy.
China Top 100 Mobile Apps in July 2015
With rapid development of mobile internet, mobile and social features will play more and more important role. Among all the mobile apps in China in July 2015, social platforms like WeChat and QQ ranked first with the monthly average users of 556.48 million and 424.28 million respectively.
China’s Mobile Car Calling Market from 2014 to 2015
Kuaidi and Didi mobile car calling apps still rank first in China’s car calling market by usage rate according to iiMedia Research. Carpooling will become the next focus of competitions in China’s car calling market.
Uber China Valued Over $6 Billion in July 2015
According to Leiphone.com, Uber China recently launched a second round of financing; the company’s valuation is between US$6 billion and US$7 billion in July 2015.
China Mobile App Store Insights in Q1 2015
Total active users of China third-party mobile app store exceeded 420 million in Q1 2015. Nearly 58.7% China’s mobile internet users downloaded apps from third-party mobile app store. At present in China, internet enterprises such as 360 Mobile Assistant are competing for market share with mobile phone vendors such as Xiaomi and Huawei.
China Mobile App Advertising Market in 2014
In 2014, the total transaction value of China mobile advertising market (mobile search, app ad and mobile video ad involved) was RMB29.69 billion (US$4.84 billion) according to data of iResearch.
14% Individual iOS Developers’ Monthly Income Over $10k in China
Individual iOS developers in China are different from iOS developers in companies. CocoaChina’s survey online shows that 14% individual iOS developers’ monthly salary was over US$10,000 in 2014.