Investing.com -- Foreign-branded mobile phone sales in China fell 9.7% year-on-year in May, according to data released Friday by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), a government-affiliated research company.

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL ) was among the foreign brands affected, though the CAICT data did not provide specific figures for the company.

The data showed that shipments of foreign-branded phones in China decreased to 4.54 million handsets compared to the same month last year.

The overall mobile phone market in China also saw a decline, with total phone shipments within the country dropping 21.8% year-on-year to 23.72 million handsets in May.

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