Huawei already ranks third of the largest manufacturers of phones around the world, but the Chinese company wants the first place.
“We want to be the manufacturer of phone number 1 worldwide” said Richard Yu, director of Huawei, during an event sponsored by the newspaper the Wall Street Journal event. “It’s a race long distance, and have patience.”
According to Gartner, Huawei ended the first quarter of 2016 with 8.3 percent of the smartphone market worldwide, which It earned him to be the third in the ranking . The first place is occupied by Samsung, with 23.2 percent; Apple followed with 14.8 percent. However, Huawei was the only one of the three manufacturers increased their share over the same period of 2015.
Huawei is one of the manufacturers that have come with the Asian Wave, along with Xiaomi, Lenovo and Oppo, to conquer the West. Gartner puts Oppo and Xiaomi in the fourth and fifth in the ranking , respectively. Oppo hoard grew to 4.6 percent and Xiaomi, 4.3 percent. Lenovo, although not listed, is using synergy with Motorola to conquer Europe and America.
“Our growth is due primarily to the segment premium .” Yu added. “If you want to be the leading marketer, you have to send in the high-end market.”
Recently, Huawei launched its pair of high-end phones, Huawei P9 P9 Plus, which stand out as having dual rear camera and technology Leica German firm that specializes in goals and photography .
But the phones are not the only reason for the success of Huawei. According to the Journal , the Chinese firm spent US $ 9.200 million in 2015 for research and development, a figure higher than the US $ 8.100 million Apple. However, still below the squandering of US $ 12.500 million Samsung.
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