After seven years of dominance by Samsung and Apple, the mobile phone market is finally changing. Do you dare to guess which brand has replaced the manufacturer of the popular iPhones in second place in terms of global market share?
For many years, when asked what phone they have, most people answered with Samsung or iPhone. Those times have obviously passed, as the second place in the ranking of the best-selling phones in the world was taken by Huawei.
Market research done by him Canalys, found that they are at Huawei mainly thanks to the new model P20 and sister brands Honor in the second quarter of the year they sold 54 million phones. In the first place with 73 million copies remains Samsung, while it is 41 million consumers' decision to buy an iPhone.
At the same time, it should be emphasized that Huawei recorded just 41% annual growth. Samsung's sales are in the last year decreased by 8 percent, and Apple can boast of they grow in the amount of a percentage.
Mo Jia, who works as an analyst at Canalys, believes that Huawei's growth should be attributed excellent company strategy. Although the Chinese giant failed to conclude a partnership with the American at the beginning of this year to AT&T, successfully recovered and focused on increasing sales of cheaper phones.
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