Apple's third quarter ranking was two spots below its position in the second quarter in terms of China's smartphone market share by shipments, IDC said. The U.S. giant's market share in China was under 10 percent in the third quarter.
IDC's release comes a day after Apple's shares fell more than 6 percent, logging its biggest single-day loss in four years, as a result of stiffer competition in the mobile devices market.
(Reporting by Lee Chyen Yee; Editing by Daniel Magnowski)
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