Rise of Huawei, Xiaomi to challenge Samsung and Apple

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Rise of Huawei, Xiaomi to challenge Samsung and Apple

Staff Reporter

2014-05-11

Chinese smartphone brands Huawei and Xiaomi have stated that their rise in the global market will challenge the dominant status of their foreign counterparts Samsung and Apple, reports our Chinese-language sister newspaper Want Daily.

After Huawei released its latest flagship model Ascend P7 in Paris on May 7, Yu Chengdong, CEO of Huawei Consumer BG, said the Chinese brand has the ability to challenge Samsung, which has so far dominated the Android smartphone market.

Although sales for Huawei’s previous flagship model P6 were not as good as expected, the CEO said he is confident that the P7 model will help the Chinese firm reach its output goal of 80 million smartphones this year.

The company’s brand awareness around the world has risen rapidly from zero to 52% and will a target to reach 70% this year. Yu said a brand’s value is built on its quality, service, users experiences and reputation rather than advertisements. He added that Samsung currently does not hold a competitive edge over Huawei, and the Chinese brand will continue to expand in the global market.

Market researcher International Data Corp (IDC) meanwhile said Huawei’s market share ranks third in the world after Samsung and Apple.

Another Chinese brand Xiaomi has reportedly surpassed Apple in terms of market share in China in August last year, according to Counterpoint Market Intelligence. Xiaomi has continued the momentum in the first quarter this year and occupied 11% of the mainland’s market share. Samsung was the bestseller with 18% of market share, while Lenovo and Apple took 12% and 10%, respectively.

Industrial insiders said only a few Chinese smartphone brands have earned profit, however, as Chinese firms have cut their prices in order to compete in China’s smartphone market.

 

Filed under Macro Trends, TMT Trends

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