Mainland China shipped 84 million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2020, which represents a decline of 4 percent year-on-year. For the full year 2020, the Chinese smartphone market plunged 11 percent to 330 million units, according to a report from Canalys. The report also shows that the market recovery was stalled by the rapid deterioration of Huawei’s performance as a result of US sanctions.
For the fourth quarter of 2020, Huawei (including Honor) managed to ship 18.8 million units, and its market share fell to 22 percent from 41 percent in the third quarter of 2020. Oppo rose rapidly into second place, shipping 17.2 million smartphones, growing 23 percent, while Vivo;s shipments jumped 20 percent, and came in third at 15.7 million units. The study also sound that Apple also saw its best performance in China in recent years, shipping more than 15.3 million units in the three months ended 31 December 2020, with an 18 percent market share, up from 15 percent in December 2019. Xiaomi completed the top five, shipping 12.2 million units, up 52 percent year-on-year.
