Huawei smartphone shipments in China plunge by half in Q1: Canalys
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, as quickly because the world’s biggest smartphone maker, seen its phone shipments to retailers and completely different sellers inside China plunge by half in the first quarter, as U.S. sanctions on its present chain crimped enlargement concurrently the final smartphone market rebounded.
The agency shipped an entire of 14.9 million handsets inside China in the quarter ending in March, down from 30.1 million in the similar interval ultimate 12 months, in holding with evaluation company Canalys.
Its market share moreover dropped to 16% from 41% a 12 months in the previous, becoming the third largest after fellow Chinese producers Vivo and Oppo.
Vivo and Oppo seen their shipments develop 79% and 65% respectively, as they gained market share from Huawei. Vivo shipped 21.6 million objects in the first quarter, whereas Oppo shipped 20.6 million.
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