Smartphone vendors shipped a total of 334.9 million smartphones worldwide in the first quarter of this year, up slightly from the 334.3 million units in the same period last year.
The minimal growth this quarter is primarily attributed to strong smartphone saturation in developed markets. Xiaomi and Lenovo have been pushed out of the top five club.
Let us take a look of this quarter's top five market players.
No 5 Vivo
Shipment volume: 14.3 million units, up 123.8% year-on-year
Market share: 4.3%