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Huawei Exceeds 200 Million Smartphone Shipments, Setting Company Record (engadget.com)
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.
With the rest of the world trying to boycott or punish Huawei, China is really encouraging Chinese to buy Huawei. I see it on all Chinese news outlets these days. It's almost an insult to not have one. People are dumping their other phones in droves and switching to Huawei in the mainland. The arrest in Canada really caused this.
The US and Europe are brainwashed to reject brands outside their comfort zone of Apple, Samsung, Google as examples. But the rest of the world judges less on brand and more on value. Maybe that is the result of more having less income to spend so they are wiser about products. Having a fruit on a product doesn't impress them as much.