Xiaomi Surpasses Huawei to Become Third-Biggest Smartphone Maker in February
Mar. 21, 2020A new report from market research firm Strategy Analytics (via Sina Tech) reveals that Xiaomi has surpassed Huawei for the first time to emerge as the top-third smartphone brand in the month of February in terms of global smartphone sales.
The report credits Xiaomi’s online-centric smartphone sales for making this possible. According to the report,Huawei shipped 5.5 million smartphones in February whereas Xiaomi shipped 6 million devices during the same period. To put that in perspective, Huawei shipped 12.2 million handsets in January while Xiaomi made 10 million smartphone shipments in the same month.
Samsung topped the table with 18.2 million shipments, followed by Apple at 10.2 million. Other Chinese companies like Oppo and Vivo also recorded low number of shipments. Take a look at the table below for the exact numbers.Credits: Strategy Analytics
With more and more countries nearing lockdown to reduce the spread of coronavirus, the smartphone sales numbers are likely to go further low next month before it gets any better.
Subin writes about consumer tech, software, and security. He secretly misses the headphone jack while pretending he’s better off with the wireless freedom.
