The Chinese mainland has experienced exponential growth in the smart devices market, with a population of 1.38 billion owning 1.37 billion sets by the end of last year, an industry report shows.

Upgrading demand is becoming a new driving force, as the market becomes saturated, said independent data service provider TalkingData, which tracks sales of smartphone, tablet and wearable devices.

While users from first-tier cities prefer Apple, OPPO and Vivo are better received in third-tier cities, according to the report.

Let's take a look at the top 10 most popular smart device vendors in the country.

10. Lenovo

Visitors check devices at Lenovo's booth during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, Feb 27, 2017. [Photo/VCG]