China’s mobile phones expected to hit 605 million in 2008 (China)
CCID Consulting, China, released data on the production volumes of mobile phones in China and that it is expected to hit 605 million mobile phone in 2008.
Of these 605 million mobile phones roughly 66% or 400 million handsets will be exported to overseas markets leaving the remaining 205 million mobile phones for domestic use.
H1’08 manufacturers in China produced 279 million mobile phones while the world’s top five manufacturers, Nokia, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and LG accounted for 65% of the total production, which is a drop from the 70 to 80% that was recorded over the previous two years.
Sales of mobile handsets in China hit 96.4 million during H1’08 which is a 17.5% rise.
