Smartphones from Chinese companies now outsell those made in other countries, according to the latest data.

 

最新数据显示，中国公司生产的智能手机销量比其他国家厂商的销量高的多。

 

According to sales figures, South Korea's Samsung remains¹ the world's largest smartphone maker² with a share of 20.7 percent of all devices sold.

 

In second place is Apple of the USA with 13.7 percent market share.

 

The statistics, reported by specialist publication The Register, show that China's Huawei, Oppo and Vivo are in very close third, fourth and fifth positions respectively.

 

If you add their totals together, then the Chinese manufacturers have a clear market lead globally.

 

What's more, the Chinese companies have made staggering progress over the last year, taking a full four percent of sales away from Apple and Samsung.

 

Sales of Apple's iPhone in the key Chinese market slipped by nearly nine percent in the first three months of 2017.

 

However, the firm's iPhone 7 models did manage to remain the most popular smartphone sold in China over the period, with a market share of just under 4 percent.

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