Canalys: Apple is the big winner as Chinese smartphone market shrinks in Q3

The Chinese smartphone market did marginally better in Q3 than in Q2 with a total of 70 million phones shipped. But it still posted a yearly decline of 11%.

The Mainland China market is nowhere near the level it was in 2021 not to mention pre-pandemic.

vivo kept its number one spot with 14.1 million units shipped, but is still over 4 million fewer than in Q3 of 2021. Oppo (including OnePlus) was in second with 12.1 million units, down 27% YoY. Honor managed 12 million shipments for third, while Apple climbed to fourth with 11.3 million sales.

Apple is the only vendor to record…