Apple has announced its launch date of its 10th anniversary iPhone on Sept 12 in the United States, while Xiaomi has unveiled its almost bezel-less Mi Mix 2 one day earlier. Smartphone vendors are going all out to attract consumers.

The global market has always been in a changing mode. In the second quarter of this year, top four vendors are all based in China, according to research firm IDC China. Let us take a review of their performance.

No 5 Apple

Shipment: 8 million units, down 7.6 percent year-on-year

Market share: 7.1 percent

A customer tries out an iPhone 7 smartphone at an Apple Store in Qingdao, Shandong province, Sept 16 2016. [Photo/IC]

No 4 Xiaomi

Shipment: 14.2 million units, up 25 percent year-on-year

Market share: 12.7 percent

Lei Jun shows Mi 6 in Beijing, April 19, 2017. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

No 3 Vivo

Shipment: 16 million units, up 9.3 percent year-on-year

Market share: 14.4 percent

FIFA Secretary-General Fatma Samoura displays a Vivo smartphone presented to her by Ni Xudong, senior vice-president of Vivo Mobile Communication Technology Co Ltd, in Beijing on May 31, 2017. [Photo/China News Service]

No 2 OPPO

Shipment: 20.1 million units, up 11.3 percent year-on-year

Market share: 17.9 percent

A worker tests OPPO F1S smartphones at an OPPO smartphone factory in Tangerang, Indonesia, Sept 20, 2016.[Photo/Agencies]

Shipment: 23.5 million units, up 22.6 percent year-on-year

Market share: 21 percent

Visitors examine the Huawei P10 devices during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Feb 27. [Photo/VCG]