Back in April 2020, Samsung had lost its title as the world’s largest smartphone maker to Huawei. The South Korean firm had finally its top spot and that trend has also reflected in May as well with Huawei still retaining the lead.
At the moment, the Chinese tech giant has a market share of 19.7 percent while Samsung follows very closely behind with a 19.6 percent share in the period of May where 81.97 million smartphones were shipped. However, while Huawei still holds the title for the world’s largest smartphone maker, there is only a 0.1 percent difference. In contrast, Huawei had a 21.4 percent market share back in April, while Samsung had just 19.1 percent.
Thus, it would seem likely that the company might not be able to retain the title for the third month in a row and that the South Korean firm will stand atop again in June. One of the contributing factors that led to Samsung closing the gap in May as its sales in the US, where smartphone sales rose by 56 percent over April. In the US, the company had a market share of 33 percent of the total of 8.4 million smartphones that were sold. 
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At the same time, it has been said that much if Huawei’s success came with its popularity in its home country, which was at the cost of its overseas business. Furthermore, the Chinese vendor’s fate for September and later this year also remains uncertain. Its upcoming flagship Mate 40 series is expected to launch during this period, but the loss of its primary HiSilcon Kirin chip supplier, TSMC, might make things difficult for it.
A source close to the matter also said that Samsung losing its top spot to Huawei completely was very likely if the US Sanctions hadn’t been imposed against the Chinese OEM. Although, the early reopening of the Chinese economy during the Coronavirus pandemic also helped the company regain grounds faster than its competitors.
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