The Chinese manufacturer of mobile phones and other devices Xiaomi ranked first in Croatia in Q1 2021 in terms of smartphone delivery, holding 40% market share and achieving an annual growth of 65%, the Xiaomi International office for Croatia and Slovenia said on Thursday.

Noting that this was Xiaomi’s historic result in Croatia, the company’s manager for Croatia and Slovenia, Mirela Polic, added that the results were based on newly published data from several global research and data analytics companies for the global smartphone market (Canalys, IDC and Strategy Analytics).

According to these data, Xiaomi held third place globally in terms of smartphones delivered in Q1 2021, and for the first time it ranked second in terms of smartphone delivery in Europe, it was said.

In Croatia, the data show, Xiaomi is followed in terms of smartphone delivery by Samsung in the second place with a 36% market share and a 25% increase in delivery, by Apple in the third place with a 6% market share and a 17% increase, while HMD Global ranks fourth with a 4% market share and an increase in delivery of as much as 210%.

In Europe, Samsung ranked first in terms of smartphone delivery in Q1 20201, followed by Xiaomi, Apple, Oppo and Huawei, all of which saw a large increase in delivery year-on-year.

The Canalys company said that in Q1 201 Xiaomi had seen the biggest growth in delivery, of 62%, with 49 million devices.