The world's largest mobile market - that would be China, not the U.S. - has a new leader: Huawei.<br />According to research firm Canalys, Huawei made a huge jump in the third quarter of 2015, overtaking rival Xiaomi to become the No. 1 smartphone vendor in China, a first for the company.<br />The Mate S maker rose to first place with 81 percent year-on-year shipment growth in Q3, following a strong showing the previous quarter as well.<br />Xiaomi, meanwhile, didn't have such a great quarter, logging a decrease in shipments from last year as it struggled to maintain its high growth.<br />Jessie Ding, a research analyst based in Canalys' Shanghai office, called Huawei's climb to the top a "remarkable feat, especially in the context of an increasingly cutthroat and maturing Chinese smartphone market."<br />But she added that Xiaomi may be focusing elsewhere.
