---- Ein chinesischer Mitarbeiter ist in einem Geschäft von Lenovo in Qingdao gesehen, East China Provinz Shandong, 28. April 2013. Äpfel teilen der Kontinente sma
--FILE--A Chinese employee is seen at a store of Lenovo in Qingdao, east Chinas Shandong province, 28 April 2013. Apples share of the mainlands smartphone market was cut by almost half in the second quarter as consumers opted for lower-priced handsets from domestic suppliers such as Xiaomi. The California-based giants smartphone shipments in China fell to 5 per cent of the total in the second quarter from 9 per cent a year earlier, Nicole Peng, China research director for Canalys, said on Saturday (10 August 2013). That is Apples lowest market share since the fourth quarter of 2010, according to estimates from Canalys. Domestic handset vendors are benefiting as carriers such as China Unicom (Hong Kong) promote low-priced smartphones like Lenovos A66 or ZTEs V790, both priced at 499 yuan (HK$632). Beijing-based Xiaomis shipments surpassed the iPhone by a small margin, with the firm moving to sixth place from eighth a year earlier.
