International Data Corporation (IDC), a well-known statistical agency has released a new report revealing details about the Chinese smartphone market for the third quarter of this year, i.e. Q3 2019.
As per the report, a total of around 98.9 million smartphone units in the market in Q3 2019, which represents a decline of 3.6 percent year-on-year. However, the decline is narrower compared to the shipments in the first quarter of this year.
It reported Huawei as the leading smartphone brand in the market with 41.5 million units, which accounted for 42 percent of the market share, which represents growth of around 64.6 percent year-on-year.
Vivo is ranked second with around 18.1 million shipments, which is about 18.3 percent market share. OPPO and Xiaomi ranks third and fourth with 16.4 million and 9.7 million units with a market share of 16.6 percent and 9.8 percent. Apple, on the other hand, is ranked fifth with 8.1 million units shipments and 8.2 percent market share.
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Apart from these five brands, other companies managed to sell around 5.1 million units of their smartphones for a market share of 5.1 percent, which represents a decline of 59.3 percent year-on-year.
Except for Huawei and Apple, all the companies have registered decline in smartphone shipments in double digital. Huawei has shown a growth of 64.6 percent while Apple witnessed a 5.6 percent growth.
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