Chinese smartphone market is shrinking but we can’t agree on how much

A slew of Chinese smartphone numbers have been churned out by leading educated-guessers and the only thing they agree on is that it’s declining.
Counterpoint reckons Q1 2018 Chinese smartphone shipments declined 8% annually, but Canalys has a much bigger decline of 21%, while GfK is going for a more modest 6% decline. Counterpoint and Canalys will derive their intelligence from the supply-side – i.e. manufacturers, supply chain, etc, while GfK uses point-of-sale terminals to get a de