Huawei Technologies shipped 72 per cent of its smartphones during the second quarter in China, where it recorded an 8 per cent increase in shipment volume from a year ago, according to research firm Canalys. Photo: Agence France-Presse Huawei Technologies shipped 72 per cent of its smartphones during the second quarter in China, where it recorded an 8 per cent increase in shipment volume from a year ago, according to research firm Canalys. Photo: Agence France-Presse
Huawei Technologies shipped 72 per cent of its smartphones during the second quarter in China, where it recorded an 8 per cent increase in shipment volume from a year ago, according to research firm Canalys. Photo: Agence France-Presse

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Huawei wrests crown of world’s biggest smartphone vendor from Samsung on strong China sales

  • Shenzhen-based Huawei shipped 55.8 million Android smartphones in the second quarter, edging out Samsung’s 53.7 million total tally in the same period
  • It marked the first quarter in nine years that a company other than Samsung or Apple has led the global smartphone market

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Celia Chen
Celia Chen in Shenzhen

Updated: 12:02am, 31 Jul, 2020

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Huawei Technologies shipped 72 per cent of its smartphones during the second quarter in China, where it recorded an 8 per cent increase in shipment volume from a year ago, according to research firm Canalys. Photo: Agence France-Presse Huawei Technologies shipped 72 per cent of its smartphones during the second quarter in China, where it recorded an 8 per cent increase in shipment volume from a year ago, according to research firm Canalys. Photo: Agence France-Presse
Huawei Technologies shipped 72 per cent of its smartphones during the second quarter in China, where it recorded an 8 per cent increase in shipment volume from a year ago, according to research firm Canalys. Photo: Agence France-Presse
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