Apple<\/a> were \u200cthe only vendors \u2060to post growth in the quarter, with shipments up 19.4% and 24.4%, respectively. <\/p>\n“Huawei and Apple \u2060held their prices steady while competitors were raising theirs, and that gave hesitant buyers a reason to go \u200bahead and \u200bpurchase in a quarter \u200bwhen most of the \u200cmarket was giving them a reason to wait,” said Arthur Guo, a senior analyst at IDC China. <\/p>\n
Huawei ranked first with a 22.6% market share, while Apple came second with an 18.1% share. Xiaomi , which ranked fifth, saw \u200cits second-quarter shipments down 21.7%, \u200bwith Oppo and Vivo seeing \u200bshipments fall 9.7% and \u200b11.4%, respectively. <\/p>\n
Most Android vendors raised prices or \u200ccut back on budget models \u200bin response \u200bto surging memory chips and other component costs, discouraging consumers from upgrading. The fading effect of government \u200bsubsidies also removed \u200ca prop that had supported demand in earlier \u200bquarters, IDC said. <\/p>\n
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