Huawei cedes further ground as smaller smartphone rivals swoop in
Reuters | Apr 29, 2021 11:59 PM EDT
A Huawei logo is seen at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Shanghai, China (Photo : REUTERS/Aly Song)
Smartphone shipments at China s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, once the world s biggest smartphone maker, halved in the first quarter in China, as U.S. sanctions choked its supply chain even as the overall smartphone market rebounded.
China shipments fell to 14.9 million handsets in the quarter ended March from 30.1 million in the same period last year, according to research firm Canalys. Outside China, Huawei shipped 3.7 million units.
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ReutersSubrat PatnaikJosh Horwitz
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A Huawei logo is seen at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Shanghai, China February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
Smartphone shipments at China s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd (HWT.UL), once the world s biggest smartphone maker, halved in the first quarter in China, as U.S. sanctions choked its supply chain even as the overall smartphone market rebounded.
China shipments fell to 14.9 million handsets in the quarter ended March from 30.1 million in the same period last year, according to research firm Canalys. Outside China, Huawei shipped 3.7 million units.
By Reuters Staff
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FILE PHOTO: A Huawei logo is seen at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Shanghai, China February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, once the world’s biggest smartphone maker, saw its phone shipments to retailers and other sellers within China plunge by half in the first quarter, as U.S. sanctions on its supply chain crimped expansion even as the overall smartphone market rebounded.
The company shipped a total of 14.9 million handsets within China in the quarter ending in March, down from 30.1 million in the same period last year, according to research firm Canalys.