This must be really a cause for concern for Apple as the latest results may reflect on the future. The latest results show that the gap in global phone sales between Apple and Huawei is smaller than ever. Apple sold 41 million iPhones in the second quarter, while Huawei’s shipments were at 38.5 million. Huawei’s phone sales rose 20 percent year over year in the second quarter.
Apple, the world’s No. 2 phone seller by volume, sold 41 million iPhones in the second quarter. Huawei, the No. 3 global phone brand thanks to its popularity in China and Europe, sold 38.5 million phones during the same period.
Huawei’s numbers are up 20 percent from the same quarter last year, while Apple’s year-on-year growth was 2 percent. Of course, the Cupertino, California-based company has little to worry about. Though it sells fewer phones than Samsung and may eventually fall behind Huawei, it has always topped profit share. In 2016, Apple accounted for just under 80 percent of all smartphone profits.
Apple is the most profitable smartphone brand on the planet with highest brand equity, however, it is in a conundrum. Apple is losing ground in China, while brands like Huawei and Oppo are becoming more popular. Apple has been losing revenues in China since (the 2014) iPhone 6 (and) 6Plus launch, which was the peak for Apple in China.
Oppo and Xiaomi, two other Chinese phone giants, also grew considerably. The former sold 30.5 million phones in the second quarter, a 33 percent rise, while the latter’s 23.3 million was a 60 percent increase over the prior year.
Samsung is still king though, with 80.4 million in phone sales in the quarter. LG, its South Korean competitor, sold 13.3 million phones, 600,000 fewer than in the same quarter last year.
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Wow! Huawei is taking over from Apple. This means Huawei is also getting close to Samsung. With the way Huawei is going, it will soon meet up with Samsung who’s the king. Congratulations Huawei.
Well, Samsung is just far ahead, recently Samsung sold twice more than Apple and Huawei was just close to Apple, so it’s still a long way for Huawei
Asia is going to rule the World through their high-techs. Samsung and Huawei, alongside others would definitely, eventually, overthrow Apple iPhone. It’s just a matter of time. And when this happens, Apple would never be able to recover from the shock. The only thing Apple would resort to eventually is to come up with her own Android version, in other to save face. You just watch.