So just because Apple is a trillion dollar company doesn’t mean they can rest easy. On the contrary. Because Huawei surpasses Apple in sales and numbers.
So according to analytics company Gartner, Huawei surpasses Apple in global smartphone numbers. This is really true for Q2 2018. If you don’t know, then Suawei is a Chinese smartphone maker that is gaining momentum. Here is an example: Last year at this time, Apple beat Huawei in sales 12.9 to 9.8 percent. I refer to how much of the smartphone sales pie each company got. But this quarter 2018, Huawei got 13.3 percent of the pie. This is while Apple only got 11.9 percent.
Furthermore, Huawei sold over 49 million smartphones this quarter. This is while Apple sold less than 45 million. This is while Huawei faces more competition not from the world, but from rising Chinese IT service companies. Also, smartphone sales are generally glowing down all over the world. Samsung, the world’s biggest smartphone maker, saw their numbers go down. One Auawei leader says innovative features and covering large populations helps the growth. He also says their Honor devices are helping sales. Their Honor smartphones alone are selling in over 70 countries. Then add their P20, which rivals Apple’s IPhone X.
Meanwhile, sales for IPhone X are down. Maybe because it’s $1,000, while the P20 is only $800. Or maybe it’s because the Apple iPhone X makes you use facial recognition for your password. I don’t know if P20 makes you do that, but I doubt it. Even in our computer service shop, customers complain about Apple products for either being too expensive or complicated. I know a few people who have a Huawei smartphone. Believe? it or not, I don’t know of many complaints. Like I said, I don’t know of many people who own a Huawei, but those who do, they don’t complain. Should this be a wake up call for Apple’s iPhone department?