Huawei Technologies and Apple both increased their share of the China smartphone market in the second quarter of 2020, bucking a broader trend as the overall market for handsets continued to contract. Huawei shipped 40.2 million devices in China in the second quarter, 8 per cent more than a year earlier, to increase its share of the market to a dominant 44 per cent. Apple saw substantial year on year growth of 35 per cent, selling 7.7 million units, though its sales made up only 8.5 per cent of the total market. Overall smartphone shipments in China totalled 97.6 million units, a 7 per cent decrease from the year prior. Its 5G portfolio exceeded 60 per cent of its total shipments in Q2.” Huawei remains mired in a spat with Washington.

Source: Standard Digital July 31, 2020 01:07 UTC