Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi in vendors' alliance

China's No 2 to No 4 smartphone vendors have formed a rare partnership for data transfer among their handsets, a move seen by analysts as an alliance strategy to compete with the No 1 player Huawei Technologies Co which has just posted a record high market share in the domestic market.

Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi Corp said they have formed a file exchange alliance, which will allow rapid and secure data transferring among phones from the three brands.

The move came after Huawei acquired 38 percent of China's smartphone market in the second quarter of 2019, signifying the highest market share of any vendor in eight years, according to data released by market research company Canalys.