Huawei says it will become world’s largest smartphone company by 2020

Huawei says it will become world’s largest smartphone company by 2020 even as Samsung has said it will retain top spot for at least ar 10 years – clearly, heat is on. Both Samsung and Huawei have been facing heat on different fronts – Samsung seeing declining smartphone sales globally, and Huawei facing a ban from US, Brazil and South Korea over trust issues. But neir party is seemingly in disarray – rar, y seem to be taking it all in ir stride and charging along. 

Especially Huawei that seems to be taking all negative press in positive light – company has been alleged to be a spy of Chinese government by US. Huawei’s Richard Yu said, on sidelines of P30 Pro launch in Paris recently, that negative press has in fact helped company get better publicity – more people around world w kw about Huawei (and its devices). 

Huawei is currently world’s third largest smartphone company and it is inching closer to Apple – Huawei is also said to have usurped Apple briefly to become world’s second largest smartphone company according to data released by a few research firms. While it might t happen in 2019, by end of 2020, Huawei expects to better both Apple and Samsung (using combined strength of Huawei+Hor), Yu said.  

company also wants Hor to grow leaps and bounds as well along way – Yu said, Huawei expects Hor to become China’s second largest smartphone maker, and world’s fourth largest soon.  

Huawei maybe banned in US, Brazil and South Korea, but it has thought out ways to increase its market share – by looking at India. Huawei has been active in India a lot lately – it has been launching its new flagships here soon after anuncing m elsewhere. P30 Pro is a classic example. Hor is meanwhile more at home in India than Huawei – it has been here for a while and is kwn for bringing well-me and well performing smartphones at affordable prices. Hor View 20 is a classic example. 

Still, an absence in US, Brazil and South Korea should amount to something – which is where Huawei’s claim of topping Apple and Samsung seems bold, as of this moment. It would be interesting to see how company plans on going about achieving its target.  

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