With the arrival of the iPhone 5s, Apple regained its spot among the top five smartphone makers in China during the third quarter.
But the biggest gains in the period were made by market leader Samsung Electronics, which saw its smartphone shipments soar 156 percent year-over-year.
In China, Apple’s market share reached 8 percent as a result of a 32 percent year-over-year increase in shipments, according to research firm Canalys. Towards the end of the period in September, the company launched both its iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c models in the country.
The shipment growth gave Apple the fifth position in China’s smartphone market. In a first, the country was among the markets to receive Apple’s latest iPhone models the earliest. Previously, Chinese consumers had to wait months before the device officially arrived.
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