Huawei targets to grab the second spot as a smartphone maker in the world by 2018
Huawei, the ruler in Chinese smartphone market, targets to surpass Apple to become second-biggest smartphone maker in the world by 2018.
Huawei, whose position in the Chinese smartphone market is continuously being firm and hitting to the top spot in the list of biggest smartphone manufacturers in China surpassing its rival companies Apple, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo. Huawei grabbing the top spot with Q2 shipment volumes of 19.1 million units of smartphones for the quarter ending June 30, with the increasing pace in the Chinese market from 15.6 percent to 17.2 percent as per the IDC report Tech Crunch.
The company, which already attained its top position in China and third in the world, is targeting to make itself second biggest smartphone maker in the world by increasing its shipments. The company has 8.9 percent market share in smartphone world currently.
According to WSJ, Richard Yu, The chief executive of the company's consumer business group, told The Wall Street Journal "This year and next will be critical for the success, we are working very hard," and he also stated that when company attains the second position, at that moment the company will predict whether it can grab the top spot or not.
Yu gave a brief on the shipments which the company aims and details shows that the company plans to ship 140 million devices by 2016 and expects growth next year.
According to Asia Nikkei, Richard Yu said "In China, Samsung has almost disappeared completely and Apple continues to decline... It's likely for Huawei to become number two in the world after 2016 and 2017, probably in 2018."
According to WSJ, Yu said "The competition in China is a concern to me, but not a big one," and he added "We have the latest technology, and this is what people want."
Regarding to Huawei in United States, Yu stated "I have to admit, that our management in the U.S was too weak in the past, so we changed it," and added "It will take time to build trust in the U.S."
