
China smartphone market and industry, 2Q 2026
China smartphone market and industry, 2Q 2026: 2H26 shipments to drop by over 30% YoY
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China smartphone market and industry, 2Q 2026: 2H26 shipments to drop by over 30% YoY

In May 2026, combined shipments from the top five notebook brands increased by approximately 8% month-over-month. However, shipments by brand vendors were still down about 6% compared with May 2025.

Estimated 2Q26 Chinese enterprise smartphone shipments to decrease by 17.8% YoY; Smartphone shipments in the Chinese market will decrease by 5.4% YoY

Affected by weakened channel stocking momentum and a high base period, shipments of the top five notebook brands fell 33% sequentially in April 2026.

Lightweight and affordable smart glasses are gradually becoming popular, with related brands and third-party developers integrating AI agents onto the mobile devices.

Chinese smartphone brands' shipments in the second quarter of 2026 will decrease by 17.8% year-on-year. Smartphone shipments in the Chinese market will decline by 5.4% year-on-year.

Affected by the US-Iran war and notebook price hikes, global notebook shipments are likely to increase only 4.4% quarterly in the second quarter of 2026.

February 2026 notebook industry observation: Capacity sharply reduced during the Lunar New Year holidays, and component shortage persists; shipments of the top five notebook brands decrease 5% month-on-month.

Memory price surge and CPU shortages led the global top five notebook brands' shipments to slump nearly 40% month-on-month in January 2026.

Global smartphone shipments reached 338.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2025, with an estimated year-over-year decrease of 4.2% in the first quarter of 2026.