Apple loses its Chinese smartphone crown, slips to third place

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Apple loses its Chinese smartphone crown, slips to third place

03/08/2015

By Darren Allan, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Apple has slipped back into third place in the Chinese smartphone market, Canalys has said, after the iPhone maker was in the top spot in the previous quarter.

According to the analysts firm’s latest figures for the second quarter of 2015, Xiaomi has reclaimed the number one position climbing to a 15.9 per cent market share in China.

Apple has also been overtaken by Huawei, which is extremely close behind Xiaomi on 15.7 per cent – and indeed Huawei has seen massive growth, up 48 per cent in terms of sales on the last quarter.

That leaves Apple in third position now, although how far behind those two Chinese vendors the company is wasn’t made clear, as Canalys didn’t cite a percentage for Cupertino’s sales.

We’d imagine Apple’s pretty close behind, though, as the new iPhone 6 models have proved extremely popular in China – hence the number one position in Q1 2015 – although it’s only natural that demand would start to fall off somewhat, given they’ve been out since last autumn.

The new iPhone models (the iPhone 6S, as it’s expected to be called) will soon spark sales again this autumn, unless something goes badly wrong somewhere.

As for the phone manufacturers behind the top three, Samsung is in fourth position, followed by Vivo.

Jingwen Wang, who works as an analyst at Canalys, commented: “The China smartphone market continues to mature, remaining stagnant quarter-on-quarter. Competition among major brands has never been so intense. Huawei recorded the highest smartphone shipments in its history without compromising its product margin or profitability.

“Apple and Samsung have both increased their sales activities in the China market, expanding rapidly in channel coverage through flagship stores and small to medium size phone retailers respectively. Xiaomi is under immense pressure to maintain its top position in the quarters to come.”

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[dy1022]

I'm going to Play BPhone from Viet girls!

 

[XiaoYaoZi]

I'm going to Play BPhone from Viet girls!

I'm going to see the show of HKT.

 

[Tom99]

I didn't read the article, but is the Bphone on top?

 

[Aepsilons]

The China smartphone market continues to mature, remaining stagnant quarter-on-quarter. Competition among major brands has never been so intense. Huawei recorded the highest smartphone shipments in its history without compromising its product margin or profitability.

overtaken by Huawei, which is extremely close behind Xiaomi

I'm so HAPPY to see this. Keep it up, trade partners. Keep it up.

Chinese Smartphones Lift Japan’s Electronics Business - WSJ

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Upstart Chinese phone makers like Xiaomi Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd. and Huawei Technologies Co. are increasingly undercutting smartphone giants like Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. with high-performance, low-cost handsets.

A significant portion of those handsets’ guts—as much as 50% by value, in some cases—is made by Japanese companies like Murata Manufacturing Co. or TDK Corp. Those parts range from displays and Wi-Fi modules to tiny, energy-storing ceramic capacitors.

“Almost all cellphone manufacturers are our customers,” said Tsuneo Murata, president of Murata, which makes capacitors and other components. “The pie for the component demand is growing.”






@LeveragedBuyout , Sir, synergism at its best eh? Politics be damned, Dollar (Yen or RMB) is King.

 

[sweetgrape]

 

[Aepsilons]

"Others" is also quite large; occupies over 27% of the market share.

 

[CCP]

I'm so HAPPY to see this. Keep it up, trade partners. Keep it up.

Chinese Smartphones Lift Japan’s Electronics Business - WSJ

"
Upstart Chinese phone makers like Xiaomi Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd. and Huawei Technologies Co. are increasingly undercutting smartphone giants like Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. with high-performance, low-cost handsets.

A significant portion of those handsets’ guts—as much as 50% by value, in some cases—is made by Japanese companies like Murata Manufacturing Co. or TDK Corp. Those parts range from displays and Wi-Fi modules to tiny, energy-storing ceramic capacitors.

“Almost all cellphone manufacturers are our customers,” said Tsuneo Murata, president of Murata, which makes capacitors and other components. “The pie for the component demand is growing.”






@LeveragedBuyout , Sir, synergism at its best eh? Politics be damned, Dollar (Yen or RMB) is King.

Well, Should say lift electronic parts business.

japanese electronic industry is dying ( or almost dead) .

Just looked at the deficits of sony, toshiba, sharp............

 

[Aepsilons]

Hopefully 'Others' increases to 30% or more.

Well, Should say lift electronic parts business.

japanese electronic industry is dying ( or almost dead) .

Just looked at the deficits of sony, toshiba, sharp

Its called market adaptation. Its actually similar to Japanese martial art style of Aikido; use the opponent's own Ki to one's own advantage.

In that respects, the more China increases sales, the more we use it back. Keep it up, keep it up.

Good for us, good for you, good for us, too.

 

[Gufi]

The Chinese people can not wait for new models which have minor changes and one has to wait for one year to buy them. It is only when Apple will launch new hardware advancements unseen in other phones that it will see an increase in its market share. Also the security risks that were seen in Apple's cloud and photo leaks etc has gotten most Government officials to stop using apple and move on to other Chinese brands which are more secure in their eyes.

A significant portion of those handsets’ guts—as much as 50% by value, in some cases—is made by Japanese companies like Murata Manufacturing Co. or TDK Corp. Those parts range from displays and Wi-Fi modules to tiny, energy-storing ceramic capacitors.

Well that is impressive, to be able to supply parts for so many sets. Japan and it's technological prowess continue to amaze me.

 

[CCP]

Hopefully 'Others' increases to 30% or more.




Its called market adaptation. Its actually similar to Japanese martial art style of Aikido; use the opponent's own Ki to one's own advantage.

In that respects, the more China increases sales, the more we use it back. Keep it up, keep it up.

Good for us, good for you, good for us, too.

It will only benefit some electronic parts firms.

look at sony, it do produces good lenses for cell phone, but also facing huge deficit every year as a whole.
Also sharp, it do produce good cell screens, but it almost bankrupt now.

 

[XiaoYaoZi]

It will only benefit some electronic parts firms.

look at sony, it do produces leans for cell phone, but also facing huge deficit every year as a whole.

The import substitution of all Japanese electronics components is being in progress in China. Any outdated company should be removed out of the market.

 

[CCP]

Much import substitution of Japanese electronics components is in progress. Any outdated company should be removed out of the market.

Yes, japan is full with those outdated companies.

 

[Tom99]

oh man, look how the mighty Samsung have fallen. Samsung used to dominated China with their phones, but not anymore

 

[XiaoYaoZi]

Yes, japan is full with those outdated companies.

All the country is outdated.