【答案解析】Samsung accounted for 24.7 percent of market share and remained the clear market leader in the third quarter of 2014 despite an apprently declining trend of its global smart-phone market share according to Strategy Analytics, a global market intelligence provider. Apple took 12.3 percent, followed by Xiaomi"s 5.6 percent.
The Beijing-based Xiaomi made its first phone only three years ago, yet by the end of the third quarter of 2014 it ranked as the world"s third-largest player by shipment volume. But Xiaomi is far from being China"s only handset-making success story. A number of China-made and China-branded handset makers have been emerging onto the global smart-phone stage at unprecedented speed. Chinese players have successfully transformed themselves from followers to competitors who can run neck-and-neck with Western players. The development of Chinese vendors has now moved into the fast lane thanks to years of experience in manufacturing smart-phones for overseas brands. China"s growing reputation for design, its strong distribution systems, and its growing social media scene, mean the country"s local companies will continue to emerge and grow at a rapid pace. Increasingly, Chinese local companies have staff trained in multinational companies—that also helps Chinese emerging players succeed even more quickly.