The day: Huawei rises to become the largest mobile phone manufacturer

The Chinese company Huawei has surprisingly become the largest provider of smartphones worldwide. Huawei sold in the second quarter more smartphones than the previous number one Samsung. The market research company Canalys writes that Huawei has 55.8 million devices delivered, the competitor from South Korea 53.7 million. For the first time in nine years, neither Samsung nor Apple are at the top.

"It wouldn't have happened without Covid-19," Canalys said. Huawei's success is primarily due to the fact that the Chinese home market recovered earlier than other countries. And in China, more than 70 percent of the smartphones sold were from Huawei, it said. The market researchers assume, however, that Huawei will not be able to maintain the top position.

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