Smartphone shipments in China sank 11.6% in 2017 to 461 million units, according to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. The company said it would not comment on its business plans for China. The drop was typified by the lacklustre performance of Apple's iPhone X, which failed to stand out from from Oppo and Vivo phones, domestic models with similar features.
Smartphone shipments in China sank 11.6% in 2017 to 461 million units, according to the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology. The first double-digit decline was mainly due to customer apathy in a saturated market. The drop was typified by the lacklustre performance of Apple's iPhone X, which failed to stand out from from Oppo and Vivo phones, domestic models with similar features.