China smartphone market hit by declines in shipments

Smartphone shipments in China have dropped more than 21% to 91 million units, marking the biggest ever decline.
Eight of the top 10 smartphone brands were hit by the declines with Oppo and Vivo bearing the brunt of the hits with shipments falling 10% to 18 million and 15 million respectively. Samsung, Gionee and Meizu all recorded drops in shipments, which shrunk to less than half of their respective Q1 2017 numbers.
Xiaomi was the only company to experience growth, with shipments up 37% to 12 m