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Huawei Exceeds 200 Million Smartphone Shipments, Setting Company Record (engadget.com)

Posted by msmash on from the on-the-other-hand dept.

Huawei's 2018 was tumultuous, to put it mildly, but the company has at least a few reasons to brag. The Chinese mobile giant has revealed that it shipped over 200 million smartphones in the year, setting a new record. Last year, Huawei moved 153 million smartphones units. From a report: The Chinese phone maker said the numbers were largely driven by the success of products like its P20, Honor 10 and Mate 20 series. Huawei's smartphone shipments have grown from 3 million units in 2010, it added. Last year, it said it sold 153 million units. The company overtook Apple in the second quarter of 2018 to become the world's second largest phone vendor, according to researcher Canalys. "In the global smartphone market, Huawei has gone from being dismissed as a statistical 'other' to ranking among the Top 3 players in the world," Huawei said in its statement.

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  1. Huwaie created by US outsourcing by rtb61 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Years back many made comment on US companies in their short sighted greed, using outsourcing to inflate profits and break the backs of US unions, would create the competition that would end up destroying them. Ahh, the inevitable reward of greed, failure and collapse. What a pack of greedy American corporate morons, you reaped what you sowed, well done fuckers and a merry Xmas to you.

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    1. Re:Huwaie created by US outsourcing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Do you really believe that there isn't enough talent, resource and will in countries other than the US to form a large and successful telecommunications company?

      Your conceit knows no bounds.

  2. Re:#1!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    1. But Google and Facebook are tools of the US government; and you're at least as likely of having your personal info read by them.
    2. The "conspiracy" is due to Huawei not respecting US sanctions against Iran. Or was it Russia? Yeah, they committed the terrible crime of planning to sell phones there and not telling US authorities about it. (Well, maybe.)
    3. That is, indeed, underhanded. Do you need us to make a list of the underhanded, immoral and exploitative things other telecoms have done? It's fairly long.
    4. The ruling establishment in the US maintains close relations with the large corporations, including telecoms, holding hearings and consultations frequently. These corporations have failed to explain their relation to the nefarious US government. It''s true!
    5. "We're concerned about wiretapping being done by the other side rather than just by us."

    The only thing that's mounting is a China-US trade war. Huawei, Samsung, Apple, etc phones are just fine - if you don't care about privacy. If you do, at least root your device and install a clean OS without any Google Play Services and similar stuff.