For the first time, Huawei surpassed Apple, Samsung, and all other smartphone manufacturers in terms of global smartphone shipments during the second quarter of this year. Q2 2020 is the first quarter in 9 years that a smartphone manufacturing company other than the tech giants - Apple and Samsung, led the worldwide smartphone market.
The report comes from Canalys, a research firm, which shared the data revealing that Huawei came ahead of Apple and Samsung. The company shipped 55.8 million smartphones across the globe during the second quarter of 2020. According to Canalys, the coronavirus pandemic helped the company to come ahead of any other smartphone manufacturer during the second quarter.
It is worth noting that Huawei surpassed Samsung and Apple despite a 5% decline in global shipments as compared to last year. However, Samsung came second with 53.7 million smartphones shipped during the quarter, a 30% year-on-year decline.
The China-based smartphone manufacturer is still subject to the United States government restrictions, which have stifled the company’s business outside of China. Huawei’s overseas smartphone shipments fell 27% during the quarter, while the shipments increased to dominate the company’s domestic market, boosting the company’s Chinese shipments by 8% during the quarter. Huawei now sells 72% of its mobiles in mainland China, and it is worth noting that the company managed to achieve the top position despite a 27% decline in worldwide sales.
According to a report published by Reuters, Huawei states that the company’s business has demonstrated exceptional resilience during the pandemic, while Samsung said that in its Q2 results report that the company expects to see increased growth during the second half of 2020 since the demand is gradually recovering.
Ben Stanton, the Senior Analyst as Canalys, stated that few would have predicted this remarkable result last year, and if it wasn’t the pandemic, Huawei wouldn’t have achieved the top spot. According to Stanton, the company has taken complete advantage of the Chinese economic recovery. Samsung, a South Korean company, has a small presence in the Chinese market with less than 1 percent market share. Samsung’s core markets such as India, the US, Europe, and Brazil have been ravaged by the coronavirus outbreaks and subsequent countrywide lockdowns.
The report by Canalys suggests that since China has re-opened factories, economic development is continuing, and the country is handling new outbreaks in a much better manner. However, Mo Jia, another analyst at Canalys, believes that Huawei would not be able to maintain this top position once the global economy starts to recover.
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The report comes from Canalys, a research firm, which shared the data revealing that Huawei came ahead of Apple and Samsung. The company shipped 55.8 million smartphones across the globe during the second quarter of 2020. According to Canalys, the coronavirus pandemic helped the company to come ahead of any other smartphone manufacturer during the second quarter.
It is worth noting that Huawei surpassed Samsung and Apple despite a 5% decline in global shipments as compared to last year. However, Samsung came second with 53.7 million smartphones shipped during the quarter, a 30% year-on-year decline.
The China-based smartphone manufacturer is still subject to the United States government restrictions, which have stifled the company’s business outside of China. Huawei’s overseas smartphone shipments fell 27% during the quarter, while the shipments increased to dominate the company’s domestic market, boosting the company’s Chinese shipments by 8% during the quarter. Huawei now sells 72% of its mobiles in mainland China, and it is worth noting that the company managed to achieve the top position despite a 27% decline in worldwide sales.
According to a report published by Reuters, Huawei states that the company’s business has demonstrated exceptional resilience during the pandemic, while Samsung said that in its Q2 results report that the company expects to see increased growth during the second half of 2020 since the demand is gradually recovering.
Ben Stanton, the Senior Analyst as Canalys, stated that few would have predicted this remarkable result last year, and if it wasn’t the pandemic, Huawei wouldn’t have achieved the top spot. According to Stanton, the company has taken complete advantage of the Chinese economic recovery. Samsung, a South Korean company, has a small presence in the Chinese market with less than 1 percent market share. Samsung’s core markets such as India, the US, Europe, and Brazil have been ravaged by the coronavirus outbreaks and subsequent countrywide lockdowns.
The report by Canalys suggests that since China has re-opened factories, economic development is continuing, and the country is handling new outbreaks in a much better manner. However, Mo Jia, another analyst at Canalys, believes that Huawei would not be able to maintain this top position once the global economy starts to recover.
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