BEIJING, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Shipments of foreign-branded

smartphones, including Apple Inc's ( AAPL ) iPhone, in China

fell in November by 47.4% from a year earlier, according to data

released on Friday from a government-affiliated research firm.

Calculations based on the data from the China Academy of

Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) showed that

during the month, shipments of foreign-branded phones in China

decreased to 3.04 million units, down from 5.769 million units a

year earlier.

Shipments of phones within China in November fell 5.1%

year-on-year to 29.61 million handsets.