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Huawei beats Apple to become No 2 smartphone vendor; Nokia breaks into top ten
Huawei, the Chinese smartphone brand has beaten Apple to become the number two smartphone vendor in the world. Here's how Xiaomi, Nokia HMD Global, Oppo and Vivo also fared
Written By Shruti Dhapola |
Updated: August 2, 2018 5:05:15 pm
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The top smartphone vendors of the world: Huawei beats Apple to number two position in the second quarter of 2018.
Samsung remains the leader in smartphone shipments globally, but Chinese player Huawei is now the world second largest smartphone vendor’, ahead of Apple. This is the first time that Huawei has pipped Apple for the number two position. According to numbers shared by research firms International Data Corporation (IDC), Counterpoint Research and Canalys, Huawei is now firmly in the second position.
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While global smartphone shipments declined 2 per cent annually in the second quarter of 2018, according to Counterpoint, the top 10 players have managed to capture 79 per cent of the market. According to IDC, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 342.0 million units during the second quarter, which was a 1.8 per cent decline on an yearly basis.
Let’s take a look at how Huawei rose to number two in the segment and how other players fared this quarter based on numbers shared by these three research firms.
China-based Huawei Is World’s Second Biggest Smartphone Vendor
This is certainly the highlight of the quarter. Huawei is number two for the first time beating Apple, and also dominates the all-important China market.
“Huawei achieved this by launching smartphones in the premium segment and capturing the mid-tier segment with its fast-growing Honor sub-brand. Huawei with its Honor brand is offering a broad and recently refreshed portfolio at affordable prices that is driving growth in the overseas market,” noted Tarun Pathak, Associate Director at Counterpoint Research. The firm also expects Huawei and Honor’s store counts to increase in the future, further boosting shipments.
Huawei, the Chinese smartphone brand has beaten Apple to become the number two smartphone vendor in the world. Here's how Xiaomi, Nokia HMD Global, Oppo and Vivo also fared
Written By Shruti Dhapola |
Updated: August 2, 2018 5:05:15 pm
NEXT
The top smartphone vendors of the world: Huawei beats Apple to number two position in the second quarter of 2018.
Samsung remains the leader in smartphone shipments globally, but Chinese player Huawei is now the world second largest smartphone vendor’, ahead of Apple. This is the first time that Huawei has pipped Apple for the number two position. According to numbers shared by research firms International Data Corporation (IDC), Counterpoint Research and Canalys, Huawei is now firmly in the second position.
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While global smartphone shipments declined 2 per cent annually in the second quarter of 2018, according to Counterpoint, the top 10 players have managed to capture 79 per cent of the market. According to IDC, smartphone vendors shipped a total of 342.0 million units during the second quarter, which was a 1.8 per cent decline on an yearly basis.
Let’s take a look at how Huawei rose to number two in the segment and how other players fared this quarter based on numbers shared by these three research firms.
China-based Huawei Is World’s Second Biggest Smartphone Vendor
This is certainly the highlight of the quarter. Huawei is number two for the first time beating Apple, and also dominates the all-important China market.
“Huawei achieved this by launching smartphones in the premium segment and capturing the mid-tier segment with its fast-growing Honor sub-brand. Huawei with its Honor brand is offering a broad and recently refreshed portfolio at affordable prices that is driving growth in the overseas market,” noted Tarun Pathak, Associate Director at Counterpoint Research. The firm also expects Huawei and Honor’s store counts to increase in the future, further boosting shipments.
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