The iPhone may be racking up preorders again, but everyone knows that Android is king in China. And a new report from Baidu contains some good news for Chinese smartphone makers: in the first half of 2014, 64 percent of China’s Android users were using domestic-brand smartphones like Xiaomi, Huawei, and Lenovo. Samsung was the top-selling smartphone brand in 2013, but this is just further evidence that domestic brands have gained a lot of ground since then.
The other good news is that that number is growing: in the second half of 2013 it was at 58 percent, meaning that if growth continues the domestic smartphone penetration rate among Android users could break 70 percent by the end of the year.
The report also found that most Chinese users had at least Android 4.2 installed, and that about half of China’s Android handsets had screens with a resolution of at least 720p.
(Source: Tencent Tech)
Editing by Paul Bischoff
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