Published: 2:15pm, 12 Mar, 2016 Updated: 2:48pm, 21 Mar, 2016
Smaller players are falling out of China 's smartphone market at an alarming rate , pushed out by a slowdown in the smartphone market and the dominance of major players who benefit from heavier spending on brand awareness and bargaining power with suppliers for better production costs . According to industry insiders , the number of Chinese smartphone players has fallen from 500 two years ago to around 100 , with further growth expected to leave only a handful of large players in the near future . According to data from research firm IDC , the top ten sellers last year ; Huawei , Xiaomi , Oppo and Vivo , made up over 45 % of the domestic smartphone market .