According to Counterpoint smartphone market research in October 2013, iPhone 5S became the bestselling smartphone globally. Meanwhile, Apple had occupied one fourths of China smartphone market and its cooperation with China Mobile was about to begin. In October 2013, Apple rose to the third place in China smartphone market, behind Samsung and Lenovo.
Apple Surpassed ZTE To Rank The Fifth in China
Since the launch of iPhone 5S/5C, according to Canalys, Apple surpassed Chinese manufacturers ZTE and MIUI to rank the fifth in China smartphone market in Q3 2013. Nicole Peng, Research Director of Canalys China, said that in Q3, iPhone shipment increased by 32% quarterly, the total market share reached 6%.
Smartphone Brands Awareness in China: Samsung on the Top
According to ZDC report, Samsung occupied 21% market share of brands awareness, ranking the first in September 2013. Followed by Apple, with 14% share. Lenovo ranked the third, a little ahead of Nokia.
China Top 10 Computer Brands in July 2013
In July 2013, top 10 computer brands in online shopping is shown above. Lenovo ranked the top with 33.3% market share by volume. Followed by ASUS, Acer and Dell. Average price of Lenovo computers sold online was 4,371 yuan (USD 710). Sony ranked the sixth with 4.4% market share, but it had the highest average […]
Big Screen: A Hot Trend in China Smartphone
Kantar Worldpanel ComTech report showed that mobile manufacturers launched a series of big screen smartphones in the past 12 months. Samsung Galaxy and Note, HTC One, Huawei, Lenovo and Xiaomi all launched 4-inch smartphone. By the end of June, more than half of smartphone users owned 3 to 3.9 inches smartphones, but 4-4.5 inches smartphones […]
Apple and Samsung Losing Share to Chinese Smartphone Makers
The high-end players like Apple and Samsung are losing share to Chinese manufacturers like ZTE, Huawei, and Lenovo, and no-name brands which are willing to make extremely cheap smartphones. As you can see in the picture, Samsung’s Q2 share in 2013 is 1% lesser than that of 2012, and Apple decreases 3.6% share, while Chinese […]
Top 10 China Traditional Retailer Online Transactions
Suning.com, being operated by Suning Appliance Company Limited and one of the largest privately owned electrical appliance retailers in China, came on top with its annual turnover in 2012 reaching 18.8 billion yuan (USD 3 billion). And Yintai.com led the way of the department store with 560 million yuan (USD 91 million) annual turnover.
Baidu Zhidao Launched Q&A Platform for Enterprises
Baidu Zhidao is the world’s largest Chinese interactive Q&A community platform. Recently it launched Q&A community marketing platform for enterprises. Baidu Zhidao Enterprise Platform serves as corporations’ official customer service. The platform is offered for the enterprise users to communicate with their customers and lightens the burden of the high labour service cost, which can […]
2008 China Laptop Market Internet Users Study
33.3% of laptop internet users (who use laptop to access to the Internet) are from the east area. The details are shown below: The east: 33.3% The south: 23.01% The north: 16.78% The middle: 9.85% The northeast: 7.42% The southwest: 6.17% The northwest: 3.47% The south and middle people are more interested in local brand […]