The number of smartphones in China will top 1.4bn by 2020 , with 332m by mobile phone users still to upgrade, research from China has found. Citing Chinese consumers and developments in mobile payments, shopping and social networks as factors for smartphone adoption, future growth will be driven by smarter vehicles, virtual reality and IoT. A record 117m smartphones were shipped in 2020 , up 8% from the Q4 2014 . By comparison, smartphone usage in the US will reach 332m by Q4 2015 , with 332m by mobile phone users.
The number of smartphones in China will top 1.4bn by 2020, with 34m mobile phone users still to upgrade, research from Canalys has found. Citing Chinese consumers and developments in mobile payments, shopping and social networks as factors for smartphone adoption, future growth will be driven by smarter vehicles, virtual reality and IoT. A record 117m smartphones were shipped in Q4 2015, up 8% from the Q4 2014. By comparison, smartphone usage in the US will reach 332m by 2020, with 5m mobile phone users.