Canalys: Apple may really need that plastic iPhone in China

Started by GSMArena, Aug 06, 2013, 11:31 PM

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According to shipment info gathered by the analysts over at Canalys, Apple's smartphone share in China is at 4.8% with a total of 4.3 million device shipments. As a result, Apple has fallen from the fifth down to the seventh overall spot in the manufacturer's ranking for Q3 2013.

VendorsShipmentsMarket share
Samsung15.517.6%
Lenovo10.812.3%
Yulong10.712.2%
ZTE7.78.7%
Huawei7.58.6%
Xiaomi4.45.0%
Apple4.34.8%
Others27.130.8%

Xiaomi managed to edge out Apple by shipping 4.4 million units. The company has just unveiled its quad-core Red Rice (or Hongmi), which at