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 Strategy Analytics said Xiaomi accounted for 6 percent of all 320
million smartphones shipped during July-September. Samsung made up
25 percent, down from 35 percent a year earlier due to rising
competition from several directions.
Apple's share also fell slightly to 12 percent.
"Xiaomi was the star performer," Strategy Analytics Executive
Director Neil Mawston said in a statement.
"Samsung continues to face tough competition from Apple at the
higher-end of the smartphone market, from Xiaomi and Huawei in the
middle-tiers, and from Lenovo and others at the entry-level."
Xiaomi has been the top seller in its home market of China and
recently entered India, where it sells phones exclusively through
e-commerce site Flipkart.
Vice President Hugo Barra told Reuters in Bangalore last month that
the company aimed to sell 100,000 phones a week in India in October
when the country celebrates Diwali.
(Reporting by Gerry Shih)
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