Venerable analyst firm Canalys just published its global smartphone shipment numbers for Q2 2021. This report indicates there’s been some shuffling of the top five smartphone vendors around the world.
According to the report, Xiaomi is now the world’s second-largest smartphone OEM. This brings it up one spot from the previous quarter. It’s the first time the company has held a spot this high.
Of course, anytime someone moves up, someone needs to move down. In this case, Apple shifted a slot to third place. The first-, fourth-, and fifth-place slots remain unchanged, with Samsung, Oppo, and Vivo occupying them respectively.
This is only one company’s report, though. It’s very possible that other firms will report different numbers that could show Xiaomi still in third. However, there’s no question that Xiaomi will eventually occupy the second-place slot without contention.
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