Apple slips to 4th place in a list of the world's top smartphone makers after a record drop in iPhone sales.

Axar.az reports citing Business İnsider that the US tech company slipped to fourth place in IHS Markit's list of the world's top smartphone makers for the second quarter of 2019.

It now sits behind Samsung, Huawei, and Oppo, a Chinese smartphone brand that's lesser-known in the West.

According to the IHS data, Apple shipped 35.3 million iPhones during the three months to the end of June, capturing 11% of the smartphone market. It was nudged down by Oppo, which shipped 36.2 million phones.

Huawei weathers the storm — for now
Elsewhere, the IHS data shows that, at this point, Huawei has managed to survive the recent trade ban in the US.

According to Jusy Hong, an IHS research and analysis director, this is because it has boosted its sales in China.

"Huawei been able to weather the storm so far," he wrote in a statement accompanying the data.