Huawei obtained a huge victory against those from Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), si Samsung, the Chinese being close to achieving a goal that no one thought was achievable at the time it was announced by the company. In Q2 2018, Huawei remains the largest smartphone seller in China, the largest mobile market on the planet, the company managing to stay ahead of Apple and Samsung, which are not very successful there.
Huawei, according to analysts who monitor the smartphone market in China, have reached a market share of 27% in the country, the highest so far, all thanks to the phones that are proving to be very popular. Those from Huawei sold 28.5 million smartphones only in China in T2 2018, this being a new record for the Chinese, being followed on the market by Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi, Apple and Samsung being placed in the category of "others" producers.
Huawei: HUGE VICTORY over Apple and Samsung
Huawei had an extremely good fiscal quarter in China, but those from Vivo achieved the highest growth rate, of approximately 30%, while Xiaomi recorded a decrease in sales in Q2 2018. The entire smartphone market- devices recorded an 8% decrease in sales in Q2 2018, while the category of "other" manufacturers recorded a 51% decrease in sales, so Huawei was far, far ahead of the competition on the Chinese market.
"Huawei (including Honor) grew its market share to a record 27%, the biggest share for any smartphone vendor in China since Q2 2011. Huawei Honor sub-brand accounted for 55% of its shipments in Q2 2018. Huawei self-branded smartphones accounted for 45% of total sell-in to China, with about half of those being Nova models.”
Huawei remains one of the largest smartphone manufacturers on the planet thanks to the very good evolution in China, but although Samsung had long had problems there, now even those from Apple are "lost" among the rest of the manufacturers. The majority of smartphones sold by Huawei (55%) are those from the Honor brand, i.e. the cheap models, while half of the remaining 45% was represented by the Nova models, also low and mid-end.
