From an IDC press release we can see, through the figure below, that after 9 consecutive quarters of impressive growth, making China one of the top smartphone market in the world in 2013 Q4 we can see the first slow down. The numbers say that in such Quarter 90.8 million units has been shipped compared to 94.8 million in 2013 Q3, declining by 4.3% quarter on quarter. As we can see, these are still huge numbers, considering for example that India Market that is the number three in the World in 2013 and sees 15.06 Million of Smartphones shipped, but it is anyway a signal that even if is too early to warn it is interesting follows in the next months.
From Engadget’s guys and still IDC we can see that the Chinese Market is dominated by Android (it is not explicited but we can consider this as a reasonable assumption) from OS point of view and in detail by Samsung with 19% if we consider the Manufacturers. Lenovo in Q4 2013 has a good second place with 13% and after the acquisition of Motorola Mobile it is interesting to see in future if this will impact in market share. Coolpad, not so much known in Europe but the 3rd largest smartphone company in China and sixth-largest worldwide, has a good 11% of such big Market, and Huawei, that it is now an important player also in Europe, has the 10%. Apple with its 7% is waiting for the result of the launch with China Mobile.
Xiaomi, that in my opinion is one of the most interesting Manufacturer in Android environment is in the “other” sector considering PRC market and with a 3% considering Taiwan.
Last, let’s see the lack of Nokia in the pie graph and Nokia in the past was a very important vendor in China. We’ll see if the Normandy/Nokia X that is expected to be presented in MWC, Barcelona in the next week will move the market in the near future.
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