Xiaomi overtakes Apple as number two smartphone vendor for first time

A phone repair store at a technology market in Shenzhen, China. | Photo by Sam Byford / The Verge

Xiaomi is now the second largest smartphone vendor based on worldwide shipments in the second quarter of 2021, according to a new report from Canalys. The Chinese company captured 17 percent of global market share, according to the research firm, just behind Samsung’s 19 percent but ahead of Apple’s 14 percent.

BBK’s Oppo and Vivo rounded out the list of top five vendors at 10 percent apiece. All five companies grew their shipments year on year, but what’s notable is just how much Xiaomi has managed to increase its volume — it shipped 83 percent more phones than in Q2 2020, whereas Samsung grew shipments 15 percent and Apple by just one percent.

We've moved up one more spot! Just in from @Canalys, we are now the 2nd largest smartphone...

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