Business trendsChina's Xiaomi surpasses Apple as world's No. 3 smartphone maker
Asia leads rankings as US giant falls out of top trio for first time in 10 years
A journalist stands next to a poster of Xiaomi Mi MIX Alpha surround-display 5G concept smartphone at a product launch event in Beijing. © Reuters
CHENG TING-FANG and LAULY LI, Nikkei staff writers
October 30, 2020 16:45 JST
TAIPEI -- China's Xiaomi has surpassed Apple for the first time to become the world's third-largest smartphone maker by shipments in the July-September quarter, edging the American tech giant out of global top three for the first time in 10 years, three key market data providers said.