Huawei's shipments of smartphones in 2018 will be 200 million units, it is almost certain to surpass Apple in 2019 and be second in the world with smartphone sharing

by Kārlis Dambrāns

Investigating company IDC summarized smartphone shipments in the second quarter of 2018, it became clear during the same period that Huawei surpassed Apple in the shipments of smartphones and was in the second place in the world . This is only data for the second quarter of 2018, and it was thought that Huawei still will not exceed Apple 's iPhone shipment quantity. However, it has been revealed that Huawei announced the shipments of smartphones in 2018, how much more than 200 million have increased by more than 30% compared to the previous year, Nonami Toshio said " We are coming out that we will be second in the world with the number of smartphone shipments pulled out. "

Huawei smartphone shipments jumped a third in 2018 to over 200 million units | VentureBeat
https://venturebeat.com/2018/12/24/huawei-smartphone-shipments-jumped-a-third-in-2018-to-over-200-million-units/

In February 2018 the secretaries of the intelligence agencies of the United States warned in succession " Do not use Huawei smartphone ", and in August 2018 Huawei reported full withdrawal from the American market.

It is reported that Huawei will withdraw completely from the American market - GIGAZINE

Later, the US government is moving to eliminate Huawei products as having problems with cyber security and is calling on similar measures for not only the United States but allies. As a result, the policy to exclude Huawei products from government procurement is also shown in Japan.

Movement in the world to exclude Huaway Strengthening repulsion China - Sankei News
https://special.sankei.com/a/economy/article/20181223/0003.html

It seems that 2018 was a very difficult year for Huawei, but it is clear that the market has made a big leap forward in the smartphone market.

According to Huawei, the number of smartphone shipments in 2018 seems to exceed 200 million units, which is calculated to be over 30% from 2017 shipments (153 million units). By the good result of 2018, 500 million Huawei smartphones are used in more than 170 countries around the world.

The following graph shows the trend of Huawei's smartphone shipments from 2010 to 2018. By 2010, the number of shipments that had only 3 million units exceeded 100 million units in 2015, and in 2018 it showed significant growth over the previous year, finally exceeding 200 million units.

Samsung, which is believed to have the world's largest share of smartphone shipments, has not disclosed the number of smartphone shipments in 2018. Looking at figures for the second quarter and the third quarter of 2018, At least 20 million units are shipping more terminals than Huawei. Therefore, VentureBeat estimates that Samsung shipped at least 300 million smartphones in 2018.

Although Huawei shipped 200 million units in 2018, it is unclear whether the 2018 shipments will be the world second. The reason is that Apple, which competes with the world's second largest share of Huawei and the smartphone market share, has shipped more than 10 million terminals than Huawei in the first quarter of 2018, total annual shipments are close to Huawei It is thought that it will become. However, according to the trend of shipments of the past, "Huawei will secure the world's second largest share in the smartphone market share in 2019," VentureBeat wrote.

In fact, Huawei's appointment non-CEO says, "I think that we will be second in the world (by smartphone shipments) next year, and in the fourth quarter of next year we will be ranked # 1 in the world (over Samsung) There is also the possibility of becoming it. "