China smartphone shipments dropped -6% YoY in Q1 2019. The market has shrunk for six quarters in a row, suffering from longer replacement cycles, economic headwinds, weakened consumer spending, and industry consolidations. Huawei, vivo, and OPPO remained as top 3 vendors this quarter, followed by Xiaomi and Apple. Scale has never been this important to smartphone vendors. Smaller vendors in China are struggling hard to survive in the shrinking market with accelerated consolidation. Our extensive report contains handset and smartphone shipments and market share by multiple vendors and operating systems by quarter in China from Q1 2009 to Q1 2019. A forecast by smartphone vendor for Q2 2019 is also included. The report is a valuable tool for stakeholders wishing to track the China market, the world largest by volume and revenue.