China is still the world’s largest smartphone, but its growth streak finally ended in Q2 2017. After six consecutive weeks of increasing shipments the past three months marked a 3% decline, according to analyst company Canalys.
For second quarter in a row leading company is Huawei with 23 million units. Oppo came a very close second with 21 million units, which is up 37% year on year. In third followed vivo with 16 million shipments between April and June.
Xiaomi managed to ship just under 15 million units but was enough to leap over Apple in fourth place. This is a 60% boost…