At least in China, HUAWEI is regaining strength, placing fourth in sales and posting 47% year-on-year growth.
The good news does not stop a HUAWEI that continues to gain weight in the industry after the veto of the United States Government, already softened and with a certain permissiveness that has allowed the Shenzhen-based manufacturer to launch mobile phones with 5G again and, on its own merits, place its smartphones premium on the third step of the global market podium.
This is why the former Chinese giant has very good prospects for 2024, which should return them to the first level of the smartphone industrywith a goal as ambitious as selling no less than 10 million folding phones in 2024.
Anyway, first things first, and for now we must inform you that HUAWEI is already among the top 5 mobile manufacturers in China according to the latest data from the consulting firm Canalys.
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The truth is that after a negative spiral that lasted several years, it seems that the pandemic has been definitively overcome. China market starts strong already since the last quarter of 2023, with more than 73.9 million units sold and relying on the important offer campaigns at each end of the course.
As the GizmoChina colleagues explained, the five main brands were local ones Honor, vivo, HUAWEI and Xiaomiin addition to, of course, Manzana. There is no trace of Samsung in the top positions in China for several years now.
Very important the growth of a HUAWEI that is now moving on the positive wave, and that experienced an increase in 47% in sales to get placed no less than fourth with its 10.4 million units delivered.
The Canalys data does not lie, which thus analyzed the China market from Q4 of 2024.
Apple was firstalso curious, since a foreign manufacturer rose to the lead by selling 17.5 million of any type iPhone in China, also increasing an additional 6% compared to last year, its sales in the fourth quarter always encouraged by the presentation of its new generations.
Second is Honorwhich has a 16% market share and sold 11.7 million smartphoneshaving kept part of the pie that HUAWEI is now trying to recover.
And in third position, alivewhich sold 11.3 million units, leaving Xiaomi fifth with 13% Compartir and 9.5 million units sold.
To end, talking about HUAWEI which was the case that led us to analyze this quarter in the Chinese market, Canalys analyst Lucas Zhong reported that its success “is largely due to the Mate 60 Pro, which uses self-developed Kirin chips and innovative features like satellite calling“. Almost incredible, but true.
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