China-based makers produced 761.788 million handsets in total during the first half of 2015, decreasing 4.5% on year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

China-based makers produced 70.582 million color TVs in the period, increasing 2.7% on year, and 66.141 million units of the output were LCD models, growing 2.1%.

The first-half 2015 output of 145.031 million PCs slipped 11.7% on year, including 89.745 million notebooks which dropped 8.6%. They made 9.663 million digital cameras during the period, down 20.2%, said MIIT.