China sees 77.11m smartphones sold in Q2

BEIJING -- China has seen 77.11 million smartphones sold in the second quarter of 2013, about 85.3 percent of the country's total mobiles sales volume, a major technology industry analyst said Wednesday.

In last quarter, total mobile sales volume in China was about 90.39 million units, a 0.2 percent quarter-to-quarter decrease but a 36 percent year-on-year increase, said a report released by Analysys International.

In the smartphone sector, the Samsung, Lenovo and Coolpad are the top three brands. Their market shares were 18.2, 11.1 and 9.8 percent respectively.

The first and second quarter are usually the off seasons for China's mobile phone market with comparatively few promotions.

iPhone sales in the second quarter also fell about 30 percent from the first quarter.