Smartphone vendors have long battled to win a strong foothold in China's ever-changing market.

After years and years of an intense retail war, what gadgets are still in consumers' hands? Unlike market research companies that release quarterly shipments, China Mobile, the country's largest telecom operator, offers another picture as it has released a report on an analysis of its roughly 800 million subscribers.

Let us take a look at the top 10 brands of smartphones used by China Mobile customers.

No 10 Gionee, used by 2 percent of subscribers

A reporter takes photos of Gionee's newly-launched flip phone, named W909, at the product's launch event held on March 29, 2016 in Beijing.[Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]