Huawei brushes Xiaomi aside to gain top position in China market
Huawei was followed closely by OPPO and Vivo, at 18 and 14.7 million units, respectively.
Chinese smartphone makers Huawei and Xiaomi are well known for offering innovative smartphones to the users. Both players have a huge user base and hold a good market share.
According to a new report from IDC, Huawei took over the top spot with 19.1 million units, grabbing 17.2 percent of the country’s massive market share. Xiaomi faced a decline of 38 per cent, which was enough to knock down the company to the fourth spot.
Company’s shipment dipped notably from 17.1 to 10.5 million year over year. Huawei was followed closely by fellow domestic manufacturers OPPO and Vivo, at 18 and 14.7 million units, respectively.
The top spot by a non-domestic company on IDC’s list was taken by Apple, which rounded out the top five with 8.6 million shipments, also down significantly (31.7 percent) from 12.6 the year prior.