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Huawei Passes Apple For Second Place In Smartphone Shipments (venturebeat.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the coming-in-hot dept.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: For the first time in seven years, Samsung and Apple have not taken the top two positions in the worldwide smartphone market. All hail Huawei. Although Samsung held onto first place -- the South Korean giant typically dominates the first three quarters of the year, with the American company winning the fourth quarter -- Huawei passed Apple for second place this part quarter. The Q2 2018 figures come from IDC (though Canalys and Strategy Analytics both agree that Huawei passed Apple in the quarter).

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  1. Re:Not surprising by Anubis+IV · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not surprising: the iPhone X has been a disaster. Quick informal poll: anyone ever see anyone with one in the wild?

    Actually, if you look at the table in the article, it looks like Huawei’s success is coming at Samsung’s and less popular Android manufacturer’s loss. Apple grew their market share and their total units sold this last year, while Samsung sold about 8 million fewer units and lost a significant amount of share.

    Plus, Apple’s average selling price is way up from a year ago (as reported in their earnings call yesterday), suggesting the iPhone X is selling quite well. Which makes sense, since it was separately reported that it was the best selling smartphone in the US for the two quarters after it launched (and yes, I’ve seen a number of them in the wild). As for the phone that outsold it this last quarter? It was the iPhone 8.