Shipping 44.9 million iPhones to China, Apple has beaten Xiaomi, touted as the 'Apple' of China that shipped 41.5 million smartphones and slipped to fifth spot, market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) has revealed. Oppo, which shipped 78.4 million phones -- more than double the 35.4 million it shipped in 2015. Huawei came in at second, shipping 76 million phones, while Vivo managed to almost double its shipments, going from 35 million in 2015 to 69 million last year. Apple's 10-year anniversary iPhone will also likely attract some of the high-end Android users in China to convert to an iPhone. "The smartphone market in China saw a 19 per cent year-on-year growth and 17 per cent quarter-on-quarter growth fourth quarter of 2016.

Source: India Today February 07, 2017 06:46 UTC