Apart from the slew of products it reported today at its occasion, Huawei moreover disclosed its shipments for the year. According to Huawei’s president of mobile division, He Gang, the manufacturer is set to cross 200 million units in shipments by December 25, 2018.
Back in July when Huawei launched the Nova 3, Huawei’s CEO, Yu Chengdong, revealed they had shipped 100 million telephones this year. This means Huawei has been capable to double that figure in just five months.
This year has been a bag of combined blessings for Huawei. At the beginning of the year, it was supposed to release its first cameraphone on America’s network AT&T, however the deal fell through. The reason behind the failure was said to have been thanks to security concerns raised by the US Senate. So what would have been a huge deal for Huawei didn’t pan out.
The brick wall it met at the beginning of the year could have slowed it down however it didn’t stop it from becoming the second largest phone manufacturer in the game in August, pushing Apple to third place in terms of market share.
Recently, Huawei suffered another setback as its Chief Financial Officer, Sabrina Meng Wanzhou, who is Additionally the daughter of the company’s founder, Ren Zhengfei, was arrested in Canada based on US fraud allegations. She has presently been granted bail but will look in court in February.
Huawei’s phones have gotten praise for their attributes and design. Its latest flagship, the Mate 20 Pro is one of the best camera smartphones launched this year.