The quarterly mobile phone follow-up report issued by the market research institute IDC recently shows, at 2018 Q1, the smartphone market shipment in China declined about 16.0% on a year-on-year basis, lower than the level of the same period last year.
The markets of the top five mobile phone manufacturers are basically stable and their shares further improved. Huawei continues to be the market leader, with the year-on-year shipment growth of about 1.9%. OPPO retains No. 2, declining about 12.6% on a year-on-year basis; vivo ranks No. 3, with the year-on-year shipments down about 4.0%; Xiaomi, ranking No. 4, keeps growing at 2018 Q1 after the rapid growth in 2017, and realizes the year-on-year growth of about 41.8%.