For the first time in six years, China’s massive mobile market saw contraction in its smartphone sector, IDC reported Monday. There were 98.8 million smartphones shipped in China by the end of the first quarter of 2015, down about 4 percent year over year, according to IDC’s Trackers. Quarter over quarter, the market’s Q1 2015 shipments were down by about 8 percent. Xiaomi slid into second place, and Apple moved back into the top spot, holding about a 14.7 percent share of China’s smartphone market.
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Smartphone Makers Play Musical Chairs as China's Mobile Market Matures
Posted by: Quinten Plummer May 11, 2015 01:29 PMFor the first time in six years, China’s massive mobile market saw contraction in its smartphone sector, IDC reported Monday. There were 98.8 million smartphones shipped in China by the end of the first quarter of 2015, down about 4 percent year over year, according to IDC’s Trackers. Quarter over quarter, the market’s Q1 2015 shipments were down by about 8 percent. Xiaomi slid into second place, and Apple moved back into the top spot, holding about a 14.7 percent share of China’s smartphone market.