China's leading smartphone producer Xiaomi's 5G mobile phone shipments in Central and Eastern Europe led the local market in the third quarter of 2021, with a massive 42-percent market share, surpassing Apple and Samsung, according to a report released by Strategy Analytics, a market research agency on Wednesday.
Xiaomi recorded an annualized shipment growth rate of more than 5,700 percent, the report said.
The growth of other Chinese smartphone manufacturers was also strong. In the third quarter, realme and OnePlus ranked fourth and fifth in Central and Eastern Europe markets in terms of 5G mobile phone shipments, with market shares of 7.2 percent and 2.5 percent, respectively.
