Foreign-brand smartphone shipments to China rose 1.8% YoY in April to 3.59m handsets, a sharp slowdown after a Q1 in which iPhones grew above 40%.

Foreign-brand smartphone shipments to China rose 1.8% YoY in April to 3.59m handsets, a sharp slowdown after a Q1 in which iPhones grew above 40%.

A new report on mobile phone shipments in China suggests demand started to recover in April, after a slow start to the year.