HUAWEI CAME REALLY CLOSE TO SELLING AS MANY PHONES AS APPLE
Apple sold 41 million iPhones in the
second quarter, while Huawei's shipments were at 38.5 million, according
to Counterpoint Research.
The gap in global phone sales between Apple and Huawei is smaller than ever.
Apple, the world's No. 2 phone seller by volume, sold 41 million iPhones
in the second quarter. Huawei, the No. 3 global phone brand thanks to
its popularity in China and Europe, sold 38.5 million phones during the
same period, Counterpoint Research said Tuesday.
Huawei's
numbers are up 20 percent from the same quarter last year, while
Apple's year-on-year growth was 2 percent. Of course, the Cupertino,
California-based company has little to worry about. Though it sells
fewer phones than Samsung and may eventually fall behind Huawei, it has
always topped profit share. In 2016, Apple accounted for just under 80 percent of all smartphone profits.
"Apple
is the most profitable smartphone brand on the planet with highest
brand equity, however, it is in a conundrum," Counterpoint's Neil Shah
told CNET. Apple is losing ground in China, while brands like Huawei and
Oppo are becoming more popular. "Apple has been losing revenues in
China since (the 2014) iPhone 6 (and) 6Plus launch, which was the peak
for Apple in China," he said.
Oppo and Xiaomi, two other Chinese phone
giants, also grew considerably. The former sold 30.5 million phones in
the second quarter, a 33 percent rise, while the latter's 23.3 million
was a 60 percent increase over the prior year.
Samsung is still
king though, with 80.4 million in phone sales in the quarter. LG, its
South Korean competitor, sold 13.3 million phones, 600,000 fewer than in
the same quarter last year.
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