Reuters: Technology News: China smartphone shipments to rise to 460 million by 2017: IDC

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China smartphone shipments to rise to 460 million by 2017: IDC Mar 7th 2013, 05:59 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News UPDATE 3-Judge cuts Apple award vs Samsung, sets new damages trial Fri, Mar 1 2013 Bling comes to smartphones as makers target China's wealthy Fri, Mar 1 2013 Networking creates devices buzz at mobile fair Wed, Feb 27 2013 Apple signals emerging-market rethink with India push Mon, Feb 25 2013 Nokia strengthens basic range with 15 euro phone Mon, Feb 25 2013 Analysis & Opinion Counterparties: Misspent youth South China Sea: The zero-sum game A man looks at a Huawei mobile phone as he shops at an electronic market in Shanghai January 22, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Carlos Barria HONG KONG | Thu Mar 7, 2013 12:59am EST HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's smartphone shipments are expected to rise sharply to 460 million by 2017 and will make up nearly all mobile phone sales, research firm IDC said, as increasingly wealthy consumers opt for more feature-filled phones. China has more than 1 billion mobile phone subscribers, with many switching from low-end feature phones to smartphones in the past few years as prices become more affordable with some smartphones selling for less than 1,000 yuan ($160) apiece. Handset vendors, such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Apple Inc, ZTE Corp, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and others, shipped a total of 213 million smartphones in 2012, more than double 2011 figures, according to IDC. No rankings of top smartphone vendors in China were immediately available from IDC analysts. Smartphones made up almost 58.8 percent of total handsets shipped in China in 2012, with the figure expected to rise to 78.4 percent in 2013 and 90.1 percent in 2017, IDC said. (Reporting by Lee Chyen Yee; Editing by Matt Driskill) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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