Huawei tops Apple in tightening smartphone market: IDC

A Huawei mobile phone display at Beijing International Consumer Electronics Expo in Beijing on July 9, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO

SAN FRANCISCO: China-based Huawei took the second-place spot from Apple in a tightening global smartphone during the second quarter of this year, according to figures released July 31 by International Data Corporation. 

South Korean consumer electronics titan Samsung remained the top smartphone maker, shipping 71.5 million handsets, but Huawei moved into second position with shipments of 54.2 million, according to IDC Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker.