Huawei surpasses Apple in Q2 to become second smartphone manufacturer

31 July 2018
The latest research data from the IDC sees the third consecutive quarter with decline in overall smartphone shipments.

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  • 09 Aug 2018

Vegetaholic, 05 Aug 2018Dethrowing? Last time I check Samsung is comfortably sittin... moreWho's been pioneering what? Samsung you say, right? Well we are yet to see a capable chipset by them to be as powerful and power efficient as A11 Bionic. This is just a small comparison, and if you want real deal I can tell you that the real innovation that happened last year (and will continue this year) is what Apple did with iPhone X screen; no chin, no top just a notch, and furthermore you may call it ugly but it hides one of the most innovative biometric authentication methods of the last decade: the Face ID. This tech is not originally Apple designed although they evolved it to another level, such so, that no OEM right now can reproduce it similarly accurate like Apple, and it was Apple that revived this tech too. Also this year world will see LCD devices rocking higher screen screen-to-body ratio than OLED phones and yes the iPhone 9 will have more SBR than Galaxy Note9. Foldable smartphones are not standard phones, they are more like 2-in-1 devices functioning as tablets and phones at the same time, but yet they remain a novelty. If Apple make it, world follows, if not it remains a novelty just like Galaxy X.

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    • Anonymous
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    • 05 Aug 2018

    Josh, 01 Aug 2018Apple are only able to make huge profits because of selling... moredont you think that Apple only release phone every year unlike huawei that releasing a new phone almost every other month or sometimes monthly. huawei have too many variants of phone that sells which allow them to ship more products and possibly sells more.

      Anonymous, 01 Aug 2018Apple's achievements are incredible given the cost of their... moreDethrowing? Last time I check Samsung is comfortably sitting in first place for almost decade :) they are still way ahead in sales of any other company, but gap is closing, but again Samsung is all the time ahead in innovating so as being pioneers of releasing foldable phone first they will be in number 1 spot for long time

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        • Anonymous
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        • 05 Aug 2018

        Anonymous, 01 Aug 2018in the last 4 years Apple did the following and the rest fo... moreHTC One M8 was the first phone with dual camera

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          • gam30to
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          • 02 Aug 2018

          Anonymous, 01 Aug 2018Huawei is the best android manufacturer and is just as good... moreAs you said Huawei is an "android" phone manufacturer... how can you say it is as good as Apple? Apple is the whole ecosystem. Huawei is just the shell. So i wouldn't go there if i were you. Furthermore, Exact same notch and camera set up? I will give respects once they stop copying for once.

            Anonymous, 01 Aug 2018in the last 4 years Apple did the following and the rest fo... moreHAHAHA lol
            I can answer you the same exact way for the last 4 years for Apple copying the competition and not innovating. But I'll answer you in a different way.
            Apple isn't a manufacturer, they're only a brand who orders how their products suppose to be. I said Apple will lose the second spot to Huawei not Apple will bankrupt but since you attacked it shows your blind and not look well what you are reading.
            There are things can copied like 18:9, waterproof, fingerprint but not copy everything.
            Apple and the others do so much that it's wrong. But mostly when some of the Android OEMs are doing that, they're feeding Apple's ego on doing the wrong things nothing more.
            The OEMs and the people make Apple look valuable without them, they're nothing. They should thank God for that. The most crappiest company out there.
            Apple didn't create or do half what you said so check back your info cause your wrong.
            Apple creates nothing. Even the fingerPrint was from an aquicision to company who does and they put in their phone. In business wise, that's smart but in the tech wise that is stupid and failure. Same goes for the AirPods, the tech inside is from Beats not them.
            So next time know what your saying then speak and please use your mind and don't be a sh...ee...p

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              • 01 Aug 2018

              Huawei is the best android manufacturer and is just as good as Apple.

              Samsung is just meh.

                AnonD-598579, 01 Aug 2018Sadly this is not entirely truth. When the new Iphones will... moreActually for Apple it's true. Because what your saying is for their first quater, then what about the other 3 quaters. Huawei said that will surpass Apple by 2019 twice, one time, 3 years ago and a second time before days and GSMA posted an article about it. Huawei is targeting Apple and was for a while. But Apple will fight back but Huawei is going to win that war in 2 years or 3 and that's why Apple is looking for MicroLED which might help them.
                For Sony, They'e losing because they don't market, advertise and publicise their phones.
                Sony is much much better than Apple and Huawei in everything.
                Yes at the end they're corporations except HTC but the technology is not about trends, it's about how you make a good technology and something that will last longer.
                When a company makes a product, 50% of it the product and the other 50% is about marketing and spreading word and being creative in the marketing which Apple does that in the most.

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                  • 01 Aug 2018

                  Selling tons of smartphones doesn't mean you're making the most money in the business.
                  Unit share is cute, but PROFIT share is absolutely gorgeous!

                    Anonymous, 01 Aug 2018Yes putting the whole Kinect in a small notch isn't an inno... moreTrue and the whole phone isn't an innovation even the Face ID isn't innovation because it was something already existed and been enhanced by Apple which is a good thing not innovation. They only did that just to cover their failure about the FPS in the display.

                      Ash, 01 Aug 2018Still it's a shame that great companies like LG, sony and H... moreActually Sony, LG and HTC are much better than Apple and Xiaomi but they don't market as Apple does and media and everything. Xiaomi is a cheap clone from Apple so I wouldn't think it will succeed if Apple lowers their prices, they can break any Chinese company

                        BrendonF, 01 Aug 2018New iPhones coming out next year. That will put apple again... moreNo it's not hard because people will only take the cheaper one and you will see and the others will be over 1K as most their phones are

                          Stay strong Huawei.
                          Keep it up!

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 01 Aug 2018

                            Anonymous, 01 Aug 2018in the last 4 years Apple did the following and the rest fo... moreFor all their achivements, there isn't even a 'select-all' functionality in their messaging app. And their keyboard requires tapping through screens for numbers and special characters.

                            I just find it the most pathetic OS ever, propped up by peoples' need to feel richer than others (hence the price).

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 01 Aug 2018

                              Anonymous, 01 Aug 2018If Google pulls the plug on Android AOSP for Huawei, then H... moreOld and boring!?! What are you on about?

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                                • 01 Aug 2018

                                Abdu Al Salami Kebab, 01 Aug 2018This is because the iPhone X is a failure.No it is not. Apple makes more money with phones than ever before. The iPhoneX has been stellar commercial succes... They just don`t have good cheapphones like other manufacturers.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 01 Aug 2018

                                  If Google pulls the plug on Android AOSP for Huawei, then Huawei is done LOL, Huaweibmust develop a new OS called Kirin OS because Android is getting Old and boring!!!

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 01 Aug 2018

                                    sadh, 01 Aug 2018Asian ftwWhich Asian???

                                      Ohh, so definitely well done to Huawei!

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                                        • 01 Aug 2018

                                        Apple are only able to make huge profits because of selling their phones at an outrageous prices and are only flagships! So I was picturing a scenario where Huawei also concentrates on only like 3 versions of their flagship phones like the Mate series and P series, with their good prices as of now or even less. Am sure if they do that, Apple or samsung would never even smell where Huawei would be!!