"Along China's maturing smartphone adoption curve, the companies most aligned with growth are those with products serving increasingly sophisticated consumers. Lenovo benefited with the average selling prices (ASPs) below $150 in 2013, and Xiaomi picked up the mantle with the ASPs below $200 in 2014 and 2015. Now Huawei, OPPO, and Vivo, which play mainly in the sub-$250 range, are positioned for a strong 2016," said Melissa Chau, senior research manager with IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.

Let's take a look at the top five smartphone vendors with the highest domestic shipment volumes in the first quarter of this year, according to IDC's data:

No. 5 Xiaomi, shipment volume: 9.2 million units

A staff of Xiaomi poses with its new model Mi Max at its launching ceremony in Beijing, May 10, 2016. [Photo/VCG]