More smartphones now sold in China than in US

Smartphone adoption may be high in the U.S. but overall smartphone sales are highest in China.

A new research note published by Strategy Analytics estimates that 23.9 million smartphones shipped in China during the third quarter of 2011. That figure is slightly above the 23.3 million smartphones shipped in the US. Clearly, China’s much larger population is part of the reason, but this data suggests that in a country with 1.3 billion people, China is where it’s at for smartphone sales growth going forward. If the smartphone numbers aren’t convincing, consider that China is expected to surpass 1 billion mobile connections by May 2012. (11/23)