The top three smartphone brands in September 2016 are Huawei (22%), Vivo (15%), and Oppo (13%) according to Dixintong, China’s largest mobile phone retailer.
Top 3 categories for digital purchase in China are food, fashion, and household items
Retailer websites or apps are the first digital information source in all countries – most notably in the USA, UK, Germany, France and China according to a survey by Digitas.
Oppo overtaken Apple to Top 2 in India in August 2016
Oppo has for the very first time overtaken Apple to the number two smartphones brand in India by value in August 2016 according to GFK.
Huawei the top replacement choice for Samsung Note7 users
The explosion of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 had a serious negative impact on its revenues and brand image in China, according to a recent survey on about 20,000 smartphone users by Penguin Intelligence.
Over 60% China smartphone users not buying iPhone 7
Over 60% China smartphone users would not buy iPhone 7 according to a survey by Penguin Intelligence (part of Tencent).
China smartphone users: iPhone vs Android
25% of China smartphone users use the iOS operating system in 2016, a slight growth compared to the past year which was 21%.
Apple iPhone fell behind Huawei, Xiaomi in Q2 2016
In the second quarter of 2016, iOS continued to post year-over-year declines in urban China: 17.9% of smartphone sales in the period were iOS, a drop of 1.8 percentage points from 19.7% in the second quarter of 2015 according to Kantar.
Xiaomi sold 110 million Redmi smartphones in less than 3 years
Redmi, Xiaomi’s entry-level smartphone brand, reached total sales of 110 million units in less than three years as of 30 Jun 2016, announced by Lei Jun in a celebration event.
China Android App Stores Insights Q1 2016
The third-party mobile app stores had 444 million active usrs as of Q1 2016, led by Qihoo 360’s 360 Mobile Assistant (42.6%), Tencent’s Myapp (34.6%) and Baidu Mobile Assistant (25.5%).
Where did past iPhone users go in China?
Penguin Intelligence, part of Tencent, recently conducted a survey on iPhone losing users in China.
93% Chinese Tourists Travel with Mobile Devices
About 63% tourists sleep with mobile devices on the bed while traveling according to Expedia. 35% visitors believe they will be more dependent on mobile phones during travel than at home; and, 28% will battery charging carry about devices or spare batteries.
Apple’s iOS Growth in China Reached the Slowest in Jan 2016
Apple’s iOS growth in urban China reached the slowest since late 2014 according to the latest smartphone sales data from Kantar Worldpanel ComTech for the three months ending January 2016. However, Apple still remained the most popular brand, capturing 25% of smartphone sales.
China Mobile Internet Market Forecast 2016-2018
China mobile internet market is expected to exceed 4,672 billion yuan (US$717 billion) in 2016 with 830 million users, an increase by 51.7% and 5% respectively according to Analysis. In 2018, it will reach 7,654.7 billion yuan (US$1,175 billion) with 890 million users.
China Post-95s Online Video User Insights
The post-95s refers to teenagers born between 1995 to 1999 in China. The number of post-95s accounts for about 78 million in China and they will become the driving force of Chinese consumers in 5 to 10 years.
China Digital Consumer View 2015
92% Chinese use smartphones ‘all the time’ according to WBR Digital. 70% Hong Kong consumers have bought something as a result of receiving a marketing e-mail.