Xiaomi surpasses LG as fifth largest smartphone maker, breathes down Lenovo and Huawei's necks

According to a report from Strategy Analytics, Xiaomi has been one of the fastest growing smartphone manufacturers in Q2 2014. The so-called “Apple of China” is now the fifth largest maker in terms of shipments, as it had a downright impressive 5.1% of the smartphone market in Q2, leaving the 6th spot for LG, which also performed fruitfully in Q2. During the previous quarter, Xiaomi accounted for just 1.8% of the market.



The total amount of device that the startup's shipped during the last quarter were around 15.1 million devices, which is no more or less than 11 million units more than ...