New figures claim that smartphone sales in China have now seen double-digit growth in the build up to the country’s 6.18 shopping festival.
Accord to Bloomberg, the overall domestic market was still down 2.6% in May 2023 compared to January 2023. However, that was an improvement of 22.6% over April’s figures, with manufacturers reportedly shipping 25.2 million smartphones in the month.
May is now the time when Chinese stores and online services are gearing up to mark the annual 6.18 festival. Originally a one day sale at JD.com, marking that site’s date of founding on June 18, 1998, it has expanded into practically a whole month, and involving multiple resellers.
This story originally appeared on Appleinsider
