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Smartphone sales were up 241% in March from February to 21.8 million units, though still down 23% from a year earlier. Photograph by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg

Apple iPhone sales in China staged a dramatic rebound in March, new data show, as the market begins to recover from the supply and demand shocks caused by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.

In March, according to new data from China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, total handset sales were up 241% from February to 21.8 million units, though still down 23% from a year earlier. The total included 6.2 million 5G phones, up 161% from February, and accounting for 27% of all phones shipped, down from 37% a month earlier.