There were 124.2 million smartphones shipped in the China market in the fourth quarter of 2016, increasing 8.0% on quarter and 5.3% on year and accounting for 29.6% of the global total, according to Digitimes Research.
China-based vendors together accounted for 82.0% of the shipments and international ones for 18.0%, Digitimes Research indicated.
Oppo was the largest China-based vendor, taking up 20.3% of the shipments, followed by Vivo with 18.7%, Huawei Technologies with 12.0%, GiONEE with 4.3%, Xiaomi Technology with 3.9% and Meizu with 3.8%. Among international vendors, Apple posted a market share of 13.2% and Samsung Electronics 4.1%.
Shipments in the first quarter of 2017 will decrease to 100.2 million smartphones.
This article is an excerpt from a Digitimes Research Quarterly Data Report (China smartphone market and industry – 4Q 2016). Visit our latest Data reports.
This article is an excerpt from a Digitimes Research Special Report (China smartphone market and industry – 4Q 2016). Visit our latest Special reports.