China’s October domestic smartphone shipments fell 27.2%

BEIJING (Reuters) – Shipments of smartphones within China in October fell 27.2% year on year to 23.78 million handsets, a report from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology said on Monday.

Over January to October smartphone shipments fell 22% from the same period last year to 215 million units.

(Reporting by Beijing newsroom; Editing by David Goodman)