Huawei alien 153 actor smartphones in 2017, but acquirement advance is slowing

Huawei CEO Ken Hu confirms that aggregation acquirement rose by 15 percent to 600 billion yuan, but profits are still modest. That could all change in 2018.

We’ve accepted for a while now that Huawei alien a behemothic abundance of smartphones this accomplished year. Now, acknowledgment to an end of year bulletin aggregate by accepted CEO, Ken Hu, we apperceive that the all-around shipments amount is about a whopping 153 million, with aggregation acquirement ascent by 15 percent to 600 billion yuan in 2017.

As appear by Bloomberg, however, this is absolutely the everyman advance amount Huawei has accomplished in four years. Meanwhile, admitting application third abode and before 10 percent in all-around bazaar share, the Chinese OEM is still accepted to column basal accumulation advance for the accomplished year.

Huawei’s all-embracing action of affairs top-spec Android phones beneath a bashful appraisement structure, alongside aerial price-performance arrangement mid-tier devices, has served it abundantly able-bodied up until now, with the Shenzhen-based architect alike casual Apple in bazaar allotment several times in contempo quarters.

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It’s no abstruse that Huawei has its architect on the top spot, though. Toppling Samsung’s huge lead will be no accessible feat. It’ll absolutely be a cher endeavor too as it looks to breach into the all-important US bazaar area it will be able to advertise aristocratic flagship accessories with abundant college amount tags.

Huawei’s Richard Yu afresh accepted that the Mate 10 would accomplish its way to U.S. carriers in 2018 and, should we accept contempo reports, it seems acceptable that AT&T will be complex in the rollout.

Any abeyant carrier accord will advice accession cast acquaintance on a added calibration by bringing Huawei to retail stores, but assault Apple and Samsung in the abiding will still crave a colossal business push.

It’s cogent that I afresh saw a Huawei bartering comedy at the cinema over actuality in the UK. That’s the aboriginal Huawei (video) advert I’ve apparent over actuality alike admitting smartphones acknowledgment the Huawei and Honor (it’s sub-brand) name accept been accessible in the UK for several years now. The US is a abundant bigger proposition, of course, and I can’t brainstorm Huawei will accept a analogously slow-and-steady access for such a key market.

Meanwhile, Huawei is additionally fending off boxy antagonism in its built-in region, with Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi bitter at its heels for Chinese bazaar allotment dominance.

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It’ll absolutely be absorbing to watch Huawei’s movements in the advancing months with all of this in mind. While it dabbled with the US bazaar with the Mate 9 (via Amazon), Huawei is accepted to go all-in at CES 2018 with the Mate 10.

• CEO Ken Hu confirms that Huawei alien 153 actor smartphones in 2017
• Revenue rose by 15 percent to 600 billion yuan, but advance is bottomward to its everyman amount back 2013
• Can a advance into the US bazaar addition Huawei’s profits?