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 Vivo, which failed to stand out from from Oppo and iPhone X 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.