According to IDC's latest market share data, smart phones are not the only market dominated by Chinese enterprises. Xiaomi and Huawei have attracted the attention of the industry in wearable devices. Both companies experienced huge growth in wearable devices in the fourth quarter of 2018, and are likely to devour apple in the next year.

"The market for EARWEAR wearable devices has grown significantly in the past year, and we expect this to continue to grow in the next few years," IDC said in its report At the same time, smart watches grew 54.3%, accounting for 29.8% of all wearable device shipments in 2018. "

According to IDC, hardware manufacturers shipped 172.2 million wearable devices in the fourth quarter of 2018, up 27.5% year on year. Smart watches account for 55.2% of wearable devices, followed by smart bracelets (30%) and ear wear devices (22%).

Apple, which sold 16.2 million wearable devices, remained number one in the market, accounting for 27.4% of the market. However, Apple's overall market share is lower than 29.6% in the same period last year due to the strong growth of Xiaomi and Huawei, two Chinese companies.

Millet's market share increased by 43.3%, ranking second in the quarter, with sales reaching 7.5 million units. Huawei has grown by a staggering 248.5% to 5.7 million units, and is expected to take third place. The company didn't even make the top five a year ago.

IDC pointed out that millet is still strong in its country of origin, China, and its recent investment in Europe and other Asian countries has also paid off, consolidating Millet's competitiveness. Huawei plays an important role in the wearable device and smart phone market. In addition to Huawei's multiple smart phones that can connect wearable devices seamlessly, the launch of new products also helps Huawei to achieve growth momentum.

Fitbit ranked fourth with 5.55 million units, while Samsung ranked fifth with 4 million units.