Huawei eats Apple as second largest maker of smartphones


Huawei eats Apple as second largest maker of smartphones



The 'sorpasso' was produced months ago in Spain, now it moves to the whole world


The Samsung-Apple duel has a new guest, now confirmed, Huawei. The Chinese brand, after many attempts, and at least for the moment has managed to pass on the right to Apple.

After several years following the wake of the giant of Cupertino, following each step and almost calzados them; the Chinese firm has managed to become the second global manufacturer of sales in smartphones.

According to data from IDC and Canalys, Huawei sold 54.2 million mobile phones, while Apple sold, according to its own data, 41.3 million iPhones.


A growth of more than 40% that is explained in the domain of the Chinese market, where in the last quarter Apple grew 15%. With these figures, the Chinese firm is made with 15.8% market share in the smartphone segment, while Apple is left with 12.1%.

Samsung is far away with 71.5 million units sold, but the South Korean cuts its sales by 10.4% after not hitting its flagship this 2018, the Galaxy S9.

In the fourth position, Xiaomi continues to scratch tenths of the market share and is slightly closer to the powerful Apple. According to data from IDC and Canalys, China reached 31.9 million mobile phones sold, 48.8% more than in 2017.

Bland trimester

This change in the second position of the world podium occurs in Apple's "bland" quarter, although according to the CEO of the company it has been "the best third quarter of its history".

The numbers confirm it and the American company is about to become the first company to reach the trillion dollars of market capitalization.

Despite falling into the third box of the sales podium and being threatened by Xiaomi, Apple is the brand that comes in for every smartphone sold. According to the latest data released this week, the sale of the 41.3 million iPhones resulted in an income of 29,906 million dollars. Figures that raise the average selling price of iPhones from $ 606 to $ 724, which experts point to "a good sale of the iPhone X".

Leader in Spain

This rise of the Chinese brand in the world market is the confirmation of the good walk of Huawei in Spain. This 2018, the company based in Shenzhen became the brand that more smartphones sold within the Spanish borders, according to a study of Ideas Originales, an analysis company specializing in the technology market.

The figures available so far show that Huawei reached 26.2% of sales, well above the 22.5% accumulated by Samsung and far from the 11.1% recorded by Apple.

As for the month of February, the numbers of the Chinese advance to 27.3%. Some figures that do not include the release of the P20 or the Samsung Galaxy S9.

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