Chinese smartphone brand Xiaomi has surpassed Apple for the first time to become the world’s second-largest vendor by handset shipments in the second quarter, lifted by strong sales in Latin America, Africa and Europe, according to the latest numbers from research firm Canalys.
The Beijing-based smartphone brand accounted for 17 per cent of the global market, trailing only Samsung Electronics’ 19 per cent, according to the report. Apple came in third with 14 per cent for the quarter. Filling out the top five were Oppo and Vivo, both owned by Dongguan-based BBK Electronics, which each had about 10 per cent of the market.
Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun took to microblogging site Weibo to celebrate the news on Thursday. “Let me share with you all some incredibly good news,” he posted. “Xiaomi’s phone shipments surpassed Apple and became world’s No 2 for the first time.”
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