Huawei is going through hard times due to pressure from the United States, which has been going on for a long time and is constantly growing. Despite a ban on the company's smartphone sales in the US market, Huawei managed to dislodge Apple from second place in global shipments last year. Now, the Chinese manufacturer has announced on Twitter that since the release of the Huawei Mate 20, it has already managed to sell more than 10 million smartphones in this series.
Thank you to everyone who has helped us achieve an incredible 10,000,000 shipments of the #HUAWEIMate20 Series since it was launched in October,2018. We have been overwhelmed by your continued support and will strive to keep improving our full product range. pic.twitter.com/Alyu8KdwhZ
— Huawei Mobile (@HuaweiMobile) March 11, 2019
That's not a huge number compared to the 200 million phones the company sold in 2018, according to IDC. However, it should be borne in mind that the launch of the Mate 20 took place in October. On the other hand, Huawei has released four versions of the Mate 20, and a breakdown by model is not given. The entry-level Mate 20 Lite is presumably the most successful selling device.
One way or another, it is clear that for Huawei the US smartphone market is no longer as critical as many believe. Of course, it is important, but the company can compensate for the losses by focusing on the markets of other countries. This does not mean that the Chinese manufacturer is completely ignoring the US - it is still actively cooperating with American companies. For example, in an interview with the German resource Die Welt, Huawei's consumer division chief executive Richard Yu named Qualcomm, Microsoft and Google as key partners. The latter, after all, releases Android, and the break with it can have far-reaching consequences for the business.
But the Chinese giant is striving for independence: it uses Qualcomm chips only in mid-range devices, and its own Kirin in more expensive models. There is no talk of abandoning Android yet, but Mr. Yu has officially stated that the company is currently working on an independent operating system: “We are creating our own OS. If it ever happens that we can no longer use existing platforms, we will be ready. This is our Plan B. But, of course, we prefer to work with the Google and Microsoft ecosystems.” While the details are still unknown, Huawei's mobile OS has been rumored since the beginning of last year. One can only assume that it will be based on Android, which is pretty much an open platform.
Source: 3dnews.ru