[THE INVESTOR]
Samsung Electronics phones made up 9 percent of smartphones used by 800 million China Mobile customers, China’s largest telecom carrier said in a recent report.
The most favorite smartphone brand among China Mobile customers was Apple’s iPhone that made up 15 percent or some 120 million phones of the total.
Together with Samsung, China’s Xiaomi and Huawei were ranked second with 9 percent market share, respectively.
Samsung Galaxy S7 launch event held in Shanghai
Chinese runner-ups such as Vivo and Oppo that have already outpaced Samsung in terms of sales stood at fifth and sixth place, respectively.
LG Electronics failed to be included into the top 10 list of popular smartphones among China Mobile customers.
By Lee Ji-yoon (
theinvestor@heraldcorp.com)