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Xiaomi is number one in China

by on17 February 2015


Samung now a number two

If you believe the Tame Apple Press, Apple has control of the Chinese market and everyone is clutching an iPhone after selling their kidneys to pay for it, however the reality has been that it has been Samsung's playground. That is until today.

Xiaomi has taken the top spot in China's smartphone market away from Samsung, says a new report by research firm IDC.

The outfit has a market share of 12.5 percent in 2014, up significantly from 5.3 percent in 2013. Samsung's share, meanwhile, dropped to 12.1 percent from 18.7 percent.

Xiaomi was named as China's top smartphone vendor in August by Canalys and became the world's third largest smartphone maker in Q3 2014, according to both IDC and Strategy Analytics.

All this shames those analysts who last month claimed that Apple rules the world,  thanks to the success of its bendy iPhone 6 and 6 Plus.

In fact, Xiaomi's success shows that the high-end smartphone market really is not worth looking at. It managed to get to the top with a combination of its low prices and online flash sales.

Overall, 420.7 million smartphones were shipped to China in 2014. In Q4 2014, shipments went up two percent from the previous quarter to 107.5 million.

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