The surge in sales of mobile devices that have Chinese brands behind them is there for all to see, and even the Gartner data of 2018 confirm this. The biggest slice of this last season was won by Huawei , which compared to the Q3 of 2017 has sold 47% more devices. According to the ranking reported, in fact, unit sales have almost doubled, while those of Samsung have dropped compared to last year (but still higher). Similar to the results of last year those of Apple, which is in third position, but increasingly undermined by other new (at least for the local market) realities that respond to the name of  Xiaomi and OPPO.

Below, the diagram shown by the source.

Worldwide Top 5 Smartphone Sales to End Users by Vendor in 3Q18 (Thousands of Units)