Huawei's smartphone shipments surpass Samsung for the first time and become the world's largest smartphone maker
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Huawei, a major Chinese telecommunications equipment manufacturer, faces severe sanctions such as being designated as a “national security threat” by the United States , but worldwide in the second quarter of 2020 (April to June) Has shipped around 55.8 million smartphones. As a result, “for the first time smartphone shipments have surpassed Samsung to become the world's largest smartphone maker,” reports technology-related market research company Canalys .
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The following graph is a summary of Huawei and Samsung's quarterly smartphone shipments by Canalys. As of 2015, Samsung exceeded Huawei with a difference of tens of millions, but the difference gradually narrowed, and finally in the second quarter of 2020 Huawei's smartphone shipments were about 55.8 million units. It is recorded that it exceeds Samsung's approximately 53.7 million units.
'The ratio of Huawei's smartphone shipments to China and non-China', 'Growth rate of smartphone shipments in China and outside China', 'Growth rate of Samsung smartphone shipments' summarized by Canalys are as follows: I am. From this, it can be seen that Huawei has rapidly expanded its share in China from the second quarter of 2019, and in the second quarter of 2020, 72% of the shipments were actually in China. Meanwhile, Huawei is gradually losing share outside of China, with global shipments in the second quarter of 2020 decreasing by 5% year-over-year. However, Samsung's smartphone shipments in the second quarter of 2020 decreased by 30% year-on-year, indicating that Huawei outperformed Samsung due to the small decrease.
Huawei and Samsung smartphone shipments are expected to decline significantly in 2020 due to the impact of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19). 'If you don't have the COVID-19, this phenomenon wouldn't have happened,' said Ben Stanton, senior analyst at Canalys, saying that China will restart its smartphone business when it recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. He pointed out that what he did was a turnaround for Huawei.
On the other hand, Samsung has a small share in China, and Samsung's core markets such as the US, Europe, Brazil and India have not recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, Samsung's shipment volume declined more than Huawei's.
However, large markets such as the United States and Europe are increasingly wary of Huawei products, and it is disadvantageous for Huawei to be unable to use genuine Google apps and Google Play stores, so Huawei continues to maintain the top position in the world Stanton thinks that is difficult.
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