International Data Corporation (IDC) has today released a new report revealing data for the smartphone shipments in the second quarter of this year for the Chinese market. It claims that about 78.1 million units were shipped in China in Q2 2021, which represents a decrease of 11 percent year-on-year.
However, the overall shipments in the Chinese market first half of this year stand at 164 million units, which indicates an increase of 6.5 percent year-on-year. Interestingly, Honor has made its entry into the top five smartphone brands in China. This is the first listing of Honor in the report after it split from its parent company Huawei earlier this year to become an independent brand.
Vivo is leading the Chinese smartphone market in the second quarter of this year with shipments of 18.6 million units, capturing about 23.8 percent of the market. OPPO follows closely in the second spot with 16.5 million units and a 21.1 percent market share.
The third brand on the list is Xiaomi that managed to ship 13.4 million units in China in the second quarter of the year, covering 17.2 percent market. Xiaomi was recently ranked as the second-largest smartphone brand globally, overtaking Apple and just behind Samsung.
Apple has managed to ship 8.6 million iPhones in Q2 2021 in China and has covered about 10.9 percent of the market. Honor, making its debut in the list, capturing about 8.9 percent of the market with shipments of 6.9 million units.
Among all these brands, Xiaomi registered the highest growth of 47 percent year-on-year, followed by Vivo at 23.6 percent. OPPO grew by 17.3 percent while Apple registered a growth of 17 percent in China.
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