"Business Standard" : Huawei claims to have overtaken Apple in global sales volume

collected by :Andro Alex Chinese smartphone maker on Monday said it has overtaken iphone maker Apple in global sales volume to become second largest handset company globally." overtook Apple in global sales volume share in December," Director for Product Centre Allen Wang said. "Honor (Huawei's online smartphone brand)has now become world's number one online brand," he said.The brand is now selling across 74 countries including The company claims to have shipped 139 million last year.Though leads the global market in volumes, has overtaken the Korean technology major in some markets, Wang said. He said the company's share in December 2016 reached 13.2 per cent globally whereas Apple was in the range of 12 per cent.


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Huawei claims it sold more smartphones than Apple in 2016, briefly

CHINESE PHONE MAKER Huawei claims that it actually sold more phones than Apple in 2016. "Honor (Huawei's online smartphone brand) has now become world's number one online brand," added Allen Wang of Huawei India. But it appears that the battle for the number two position is now on, cementing Huawei as a force to be reckoned with and a contender to topple Apple in the future. Of course, Huawei is announcing this information based on figures that Huawei itself has collected. The company claims to have shipped an impressive 139 million smart devices in 2016, and can certainly now be considered a major player.

Huawei will leapfrog Apple and HP to lead the PC market in five years, top exec says

In May, the Chinese firm took the wraps off of the MateBook X, MateBook D and MateBook E — the X is a laptop that competes directly with Apple's MacBook line of products. The PC market has been declining for several years, but it recorded 0.6 percent growth in the first quarter of 2017, according to data from IDC. HP, Lenovo, Dell, Apple, and Acer make up the top five players in the world by market share, IDC said. When asked how long it will take to sit at the top spot in the market, Wan said the "process would take about three to five years." For its part, the company says it is bullish on its plans in the PC space.


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