From PC World: Xiaomi has been knocked from the top of China's smartphone market by Huawei, according to new research, a setback for a company that was often feted as “the Apple of China.”
Research company Canalys called it a "remarkable feat" by Huawei, best known outside China for its network equipment, and one that puts Xiaomi under tremendous pressure to maintain its growth rate elsewhere in the world.
Xiaomi caught the world’s attention two years ago when it hired Hugo Barra, a former Google executive who managed the development of Android, to help it expand overseas.
Xiaomi was out-selling Apple in China at the time, and it built a cult-like following selling smartphones with high-end features at low prices.
But China’s smartphone market has matured, and local players like Huawei and ZTE, anther network vendor that once sold low-end handsets, have been moving up the food chain.
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