Apple lagged behind Chinese companies Xiaomi and Huawei in the global wearable market in the second quater, according to industry data from IDC.
Huawei increased its shipments from 8.9 million to 9.9 million units, while Xiaomi saw a sharper rise from 5.9 million to 9.5 million, marking growth of 61 percent. Apple shipped 7.4 million Apple Watches during the quarter, up 28.8 percent from 5.7 million a year earlier.
In terms of market share, Huawei led with 20.2 percent, followed by Xiaomi at 19.3 percent and Apple at 15 percent.
Samsung was the only top-five vendor to post a decline, dropping from 7.5 percent to 6.5 percent market share and recording negative growth of minus 2.1 percent.
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