This might come across as heresy but Apple isn’t quite the force in the smartphone world that it once was. Chinese company Huawei has come along and dislodged the American tech-maker from its long-held Number 2 spot in the world smartphone rankings. In terms of units sold, that is.
The folks over at Counterpoint Research have been keeping tabs on recent smartphone sales and Huawei’s been having a very good time of late. June saw Huawei’s smartphone sales outstripping Apple’s own efforts, while July this year has Huawei clinging to that lead, if only just doing so. Data for August isn’t available, yet.
Especially since Apple also has a product announcement taking place next week. We suspect that there’s a tiny chance that the sales of whatever’s announced will catapult Apple back into its accustomed place for another year or so.
Source: via Phandroid