Oppo Flies to top Smartphone Vendor in China for Q3 with Apple landing in Fifth Spot
According to IDC's latest Asia/Pacific smartphone statistics for China, the smartphone market grew 5.8% Year-over-Year and 3.6% Quarter-over-Quarter in the third quarter of 2016, with OPPO and vivo overtaking Huawei for the first time in that market. Apple was third in Q3 2015 and one year later sits in fifth spot. Only three weeks worth of iPhone 7 sales made it into this quarter. Apple's CFO Luca Maestri stated during Apple's financial conference call that Apple would return to growth in China in the December quarter. But for now, the Chinese market is clearly changing and we'll have to see if Apple will be able to return to a top three position.
Due to the Note 7 Crisis, Samsung didn't make the top five list this quarter.
In April Patently Apple reported on Q1 2016 Global Smartphone stats and noticed then that Oppo came out of nowhere to take forth spot. Their rise has been dramatic and it's not surprising to see them take the number one spot in China this quarter.
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