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AFP
Beijing
China’s Huawei has overtaken Samsung to become the number-one smartphone seller worldwide in the second quarter, industry tracker Canalys said Thursday.
Canalys said the embattled firm, which is facing US sanctions, shipped 55.8 million devices -- overtaking Samsung for the first time, which shifted 53.7 million units.
The research group said the US sanctions had “stifled” Huawei’s business outside mainland China, but that it had grown to dominate its substantial domestic market.
More than 70 percent of its smartphones are now sold in the country, Canalys said, where Samsung has a very small share of the market.
Beijing
China’s Huawei has overtaken Samsung to become the number-one smartphone seller worldwide in the second quarter, industry tracker Canalys said Thursday.
Canalys said the embattled firm, which is facing US sanctions, shipped 55.8 million devices -- overtaking Samsung for the first time, which shifted 53.7 million units.
The research group said the US sanctions had “stifled” Huawei’s business outside mainland China, but that it had grown to dominate its substantial domestic market.
More than 70 percent of its smartphones are now sold in the country, Canalys said, where Samsung has a very small share of the market.
