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This statistic presents the smartphone user penetration rate (amongst mobile phone users) in China from 2013 to 2014 and also provides a forecast for the years 2015 to 2019. The forecast estimates that the smartphone penetration rate will reach about **** percent by 2016.

China smartphone penetration – additional information

The number of smartphones sold worldwide has passed the * mark in 2014. More than **** of the world’s population is forecast to own a smartphone by 2017. China, one of the largest and fast-growing global economies, is anticipated to lead the global smartphone market, with over ** percent of the share in 2017, followed by the U.S. with ** percent.

In 2014, there were more than *** million smartphone users in China. By 2019, this figure is forecast to total nearly *** million. Smartphone users in China accounted for ** percent of all mobile phone users in 2013. More than ** percent of the Chinese mobile phone users are projected to use a smartphone by 2019. Smartphone users in China are fairly divided among genders. In 2014, ** percent of the smartphone users in China were male and ** were female. In terms of age, just over half of all smartphone users are young adults aged between 18 and 34 years old.

Samsung and Apple lead the smartphone market in China in 2015, with sales forecast to reach ** million units and ** million units, respectively. Google’s Android is the most popular operating system in China, with more than ** percent of the share as of July 2015, followed by Apple’s iOS with nearly ** percent.