Beijing (IANS) | Three Chinese technology brands, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi, have joined hands to allow users to transfer data between their devices in a bid to take on Apple’s growing market share in the country, media reported on Friday.
The three smartphone makers announced the settlement on their Weibo accounts, saying their users would be able to “seamlessly transfer system and app data to a new handset belonging to any of these brands”, reports the South China Morning Post. Are.’
In 2019, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi established a wireless transfer protocol that mirrors Apple’s AirDrop function.
The Google Drive service is not available on handsets sold in the mainland Chinese market, and most users in China rely on third-party data transfer apps.
However, Apple iPhone users can transfer data to a new iOS device directly through the iCloud service or via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections.
The new partnership between Xiaomi, Vivo and Oppo, which jointly control nearly half of China’s smartphone market, comes after the country suffered its biggest decline in smartphone sales in a decade last year, the report noted. “
However, China’s smartphone market registered a good start to the new year and by the beginning of 2023, sales have risen sharply week over week to above 7 million.
In four out of five weeks, sales topped 6 million, a level rarely reached in 2022 when the pandemic periodically plagued China’s cities.
The Chinese New Year season also started earlier than usual this year, helping weekly sales climb out of the trough in early 2023, reports Counterpoint Research.
Apple remained China’s largest original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in January in terms of sales share, with sales growing nearly 6 percent.
The smartphone market in China has shrunk since 2017 in terms of year-on-year sales growth. The fourth quarter of 2022 is projected to decline by 15 per cent, affecting the confidence of major OEMs and further impacting market prospects.
–IANS
