Chinese smartphone maker Huawei has set a new world record for smartphone sales in the second quarter of this year. According to analysis, which monitors smartphone sales, Huawei has set a new record for the first time after Samsung.
According to analysis, Huawei, which is facing US sanctions, has shipped 55.8 million smartphones elsewhere. Samsung exported 53.7 million smartphones in the same period. Overseas sales of Huawei's mobile sets have declined due to US sanctions, but demand for Huawei's sets at home is strong. More than 70 percent of Huawei's sets are sold in China, according to analysis.
According to analysis, Huawei's smartphone exports fell by almost a third in the second quarter. Mo Xia, an analyst at analysis, warned that the Chinese market alone could not sustain Huawei as the world's leading smartphone maker.
Disputes have also escalated between the United States and China over Huawei's dominance in telecommunications networking equipment production. The United States has warned that Huawei could pose a global cyber security challenge. The United States has recently banned Huawei from the US market and is conducting a global campaign to exclude the company. - AFP