Huawei may close in on Apple by year-end for second place, Lenovo likely enters the Top 5 and Coolpad will almost definitely throw out Nokia from the Top 10 when it enters this Spring, like Lenovo did for Motorola last year.

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Both it and Apple face tough competition from local Chinese handset makers, like ZTE, Coolpad and Lenovo, one reason why Apple smartphone market share ranking in China fell to 6th place in the third quarter of 2012, from 4th place in the second quarter, according to market research firm IDC.

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