Huawei, despite the recent ban, has extended its lead in a declining China smartphone market in the second quarter of 2019, with its market share rising to 38% as all other top vendors lost ground. The company shipped 37.3 million smartphones in China in the second quarter, up 31% year-on-year, according to Canalys. Its market share rose more than 10 percentage points from the year-ago quarter’s 27.6%.
The second-quarter China shipments represented 64% of Huawei’s total smartphone shipments in the quarter, Canalys said. Smartphone shipments in the world’s largest smartphone market declined by 6% in the three months ended June to 97.6 million units. It was the 9th consecutive quarterly fall in China smartphone shipments, the data showed.
Oppo, Vivo, Xiaomi and Apple Inc, the top 4 vendors behind Huawei, saw declines in shipments and market share in the quarter as well. Canalys’ own Mo Jia claims that Huawei’s addition to the U.S. Entity List in May “caused uncertainty overseas” but it has been shifting its focus back towards its home market, where it invested in aggressive offline expansion to lure consumers from domestic rivals with a patriotic sales pitch.
Huawei’s blacklisting by Washington has threatened to cut its access to essential U.S. components and software such as the Google Android apps. The Chinese company is set to report half-year results later on Tuesday. Huawei Developer Conference 2019 is also coming up soon, so we can expect to hear some news from the company then.
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