Shipments of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple Inc's iPhone, in China rose 0.6% in December year-on-year, according to data released on Friday by a government-affiliated research firm. Calculations based on the data from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) showed that during the month,

Shipments of foreign-branded smartphones, including iPhones, in China rose 0.6% in December year-on-year, according to data released on Friday by a government-affiliated research firm. Reuters reports

Shipments of foreign-branded smartphones, including Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL)'s iPhone, experienced a slight increase in China in December, according to recent data.