BEIJING, July 29 (Reuters) – Shipments of ‌foreign-branded phones ‌within China including those ​from Apple Inc soared 66.3% to 3.28 million ‌handsets in ⁠June, according to Reuters calculations ⁠based on data from ​the China ​Academy ​of Information ‌and Communications Technology.

Overall phone shipments within China fell 15.3% from a ‌year earlier ​to 19.15 ​million ​handsets in ‌June, data from ​the ​government-affiliated research company showed on ​Wednesday.

(Reporting ‌by Beijing newsroom; ​Editing by ​Muralikumar Anantharaman)