Since the American government vetoed the collaboration between Huawei and any American hardware or software company, the asian company is not the same. It is not the same, but it is doing its best to do it. A few months ago, seeing the little success it had had with the Huawei P40 without Google services, it launched a reissue of the Huawei P30, a model that does include Google services.
At least you are lucky that the patriotic pride of Chinese citizens It is allowing it to maintain its position as one of the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world. In fact, during this last quarter, it has managed to surpass Samsung, the traditional leader of this classification for several years.
The reason, unsurprisingly, has been the drop in sales experienced by leading manufacturers, both Samsung and Apple around the world, where most stores have remained closed due to the pandemic caused by COVID-19. China was among the first to overcome the coronavirus and its businesses and normal life quickly returned to normal, which has allowed the Chinese company to continue to sell smartphones regularly.
Recall that Samsung hardly has a presence in China, where Asian brands dominate the market leaving a hole for Apple. If we talk about figures, according to Canalys, Huawei sold 55,8 million smartphones for the 53,7 million that Samsung put into circulation. Samsung sold almost 300 million smartphones last year, which comes out at an average of 75 million each quarter and no more than 50 according to Canalys figures for the second quarter.
In any case, we will have to wait for data from IDC, another of the analysis companies about smartphone sales during the second quarter of 2020, to check if Huawei has really overtaken Samsung, something that is most likely temporary, since as the new normal is being restored, the company continues to sell smartphones as hotcakes in almost all countries, except China.
