Daniel Porter
Jul 19, 2012
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Most Chinese internet users on mobile

For the first time, the number of mobile internet users has surpassed that of non-mobile users, a surprising and significant statistic about the world's largest untapped internet market. As reported in the Reuters article, the implications for Chinese internet companies like Baidu will be profound. More importantly, I think this reveals something about the way the Chinese market prefers to access the internet, and casts a brighter spotlight on the impending jostling-for-position between handset makers in the Chinese market. The major players seem to be Lenovo, Huawei, Samsung, and Apple. The former three have significant head starts, and the first two have the advantage of focusing exclusively on the Chinese market, but Apple highly-anticipated iPhone 5 release could really mix up the field.

Web access via mobile phone trumps PC in China: report | Reuters
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The number of Chinese users accessing the Internet from mobile phones has surpassed that of the personal computer, marking a significant milestone created by the boom of smartphones,