(1). According to market researcher IDC, Xiaomi was China’s hottest phone brand for the years 2014 and 2015, even becoming known as the "the Apple of China." However it could not keep the momentum in 2016, as it was actually edged out that year by Apple themselves.
(2). Apple shipped a total of 44.9 million iPhones to China, the largest phone market in the world. However Apple and Xiaomi still ranked lower among other phone distributors, coming in at Number 4 and Number 5 respectively. The big winner was Oppo, which shipped 78.4 million phones, doubling its shipment from 2015.