Top 5 smartphone vendors in China in Q2

Apple has announced its launch date of its 10th anniversary iPhone on Sept 12 in the United States, while Xiaomi has unveiled its almost bezel-less Mi Mix 2 one day earlier. Smartphone vendors are going all out to attract consumers.

The global market has always been in a changing mode. In the second quarter of this year, top four vendors are all based in China, according to research firm IDC China. Let us take a review of their performance.

No 5 Apple

Shipment: 8 million units, down 7.6 percent year-on-year

Market share: 7.1 percent

A customer tries out an iPhone 7 smartphone at an Apple Store in Qingdao, Shandong province, Sept 16 2016. [Photo/IC]

No 4 Xiaomi

Shipment: 14.2 million units, up 25 percent year-on-year

Market share: 12.7 percent

Lei Jun shows Mi 6 in Beijing, April 19, 2017. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

No 3 Vivo

Shipment: 16 million units, up 9.3 percent year-on-year

Market share: 14.4 percent

FIFA Secretary-General Fatma Samoura displays a Vivo smartphone presented to her by Ni Xudong, senior vice-president of Vivo Mobile Communication Technology Co Ltd, in Beijing on May 31, 2017. [Photo/China News Service]

No 2 OPPO

Shipment: 20.1 million units, up 11.3 percent year-on-year

Market share: 17.9 percent

A worker tests OPPO F1S smartphones at an OPPO smartphone factory in Tangerang, Indonesia, Sept 20, 2016.[Photo/Agencies]

Shipment: 23.5 million units, up 22.6 percent year-on-year

Market share: 21 percent

Visitors examine the Huawei P10 devices during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Feb 27. [Photo/VCG]