China has the world’s largest and also most competitive smartphone market. China’s smartphone market has been the largest globally for several years. This market is so competitive that only a few non-Chinese brands survive in the market. Recently, International Data Corporation (IDC), released the smartphone market report for the third quarter of 2022. The report shows that China’s smartphone shipments in the third quarter were about 71.13 million units. This is an 11% reduction from the same period last year. It continues the sluggish performance of the Chinese market in the first half of the year. However, the high-end market...