China's Huawei brand could take the lead past South Korea's Samsung as the number 1 smartphone manufacturer in the world by 2019 after its victory against Apple for the number 2 spot.
At an earnings call on Friday, Richard Yu - chief of the company's consumer division, said that the Shenzhen, China-based tech giant has shipped close to a total of hundred million smartphones before the release of their business results for the second quarter of 2018.
"It's no question that we become the number two next year. In Q4 next year it's possible we become number one," Yu was quoted as saying in this report.
The tech firm's capacity to make true of its words has more than been tested after it was able to surpass the iPhone maker during the second quarter.
As further detailed on the data provided by the tech-industry watcher, International Data Corporation (IDC), Huawei's sales comprised 15.8 percent of the total market share. Meanwhile, Apple took 12.1 percent of the share. Samsung, despite the considerable decrease of its order volume from 79.8 million of 2017 to 71.5 million of this year, takes away the cake with a whopping 20.9 percent.
Other prime Chinese brands like Xiaomi and Oppo shared the scene with a total shipment volume of 61.3 million units worldwide.
This would be the second time that Apple was not in the top two of the list since 2010.
As mentioned in a previous report, the smartphone scene isn't now just about iPhone vs. Samsung. The coming of new players like Huawei, and even Xiaomi or Oppo, makes the competition more interesting.
IDC, however, noted that there's a considerable decline on overall shipment, blaming market saturation and rising prices which greatly affected the industry.
Huawei's impressive market performance comes in light of its ban from selling in the United States. It was reported earlier that the firm, together with ZTE, was barred by Washington from doing business in the region after the Pentagon declared their devices to be a potential threat to the department's security system.
The US is the world's third-largest market for smartphones. Huawei's lost access to this outlet could have spelled disaster for the company. However, it has been evidently blazing the trails and financial analysts are now quite optimistic that the Honor phone maker could continue on the trend for years to come.
Huawei's most notable flagships include its recently-released Huawei P20 Pro which came out in April this year with a yet-to-be-confirmed price tag.
