Reuters: Technology News: Apple share of China smartphone mkt almost halved in Q2, Lenovo gains - IDC

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Apple share of China smartphone mkt almost halved in Q2, Lenovo gains - IDC Aug 24th 2012, 05:25 Tweet Share this Email Print Related News Apple, Samsung make final pitch to jury Wed, Aug 22 2012 Apple's market value exceeds Microsoft's during 1999 bubble Tue, Aug 21 2012 In China, cheap and cheerful phones outsmart Apple Thu, Aug 16 2012 UPDATE 4-China Mobile H1 core profit slips, shares down 5 pct Thu, Aug 16 2012 Lenovo profit beats estimates but China slowdown a risk Thu, Aug 16 2012 Analysis & Opinion Euro zone gymnastics China's affluence crisis A woman loads a Chinese microblog website on her Apple iPhone in Beijing, September 16, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Jason Lee Fri Aug 24, 2012 1:25am EDT (Reuters) - Apple Inc's share of China's smartphone market almost halved to 10 percent in the second quarter as buyers waited for the next iPhone model - expected later this year - or switched brands, data from industry research firm IDC showed on Friday. Smartphone shipments in China overtook feature phones for the first time in April-June, with domestic vendor Lenovo Group Ltd knocking Apple from second place in the world's largest mobile market, the data showed. China's smartphone shipments totalled 44 million in April-June, accounting for 51 percent of the country's total mobile shipments of 87 million, IDC said. Lenovo, the world's No.2 vendor of personal computers which makes the LePhone, took 11 percent market share in China in the second quarter, up from a single-digit percentage in the first quarter when it was ranked 7th, the data showed. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd retained its lead in the Chinese smartphone market with a share of around 16 percent, little changed from the first quarter. Apple ranked 4th. Global handset vendors, such as Samsung and Nokia Oyj, have been chasing increased market share in China, where there are more than 1 billion mobile subscribers. China is set to overtake the United States as the world's largest smartphone market this year. (Reporting by Lee Chyen Yee in HONG KONG; Editing by Ian Geoghegan) Related Quotes and News Company Price Related News Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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