How Huawei May Have Finally Cracked the U.S. Phone Market

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How Huawei May Have Finally Cracked the U.S. Phone Market


Chinese telecommunications equipment giant Huawei has been making big strides in the global mobile phone market except in the United States. But that may be about to change as the company is reportedly on the verge of a deal with to sell its flagship phones here, marking its first deal with a U.S. carrier.


Fortune that he's aiming to pass Apple and its 15% share sometime next year.


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Huawei declined to comment on the AT&T rumor, but said: “In the U.S. market, we are focused on the open channel, where our flagship products including the Mate 9, Matebook X, MediaPad and Watch 2, have received very positive feedback.”

AT&T declined to comment.

Huawei’s mostly-online, unlocked effort hasn't produced anywhere near the volume of sales that it needs to overtake Apple. An earlier plan to make Nexus phones for ran aground when sales failed to take off. Then on the latest Pixel line, Google didn't want Huawei's brand to appear on the devices, prompting Huawei to drop the project.

Adding AT&T would be “kind of a big deal,” notes analyst Jan Dawson, chief analyst of Jackdaw Research. “Between this and the availability of the Motorola Z2 Force on all four major carriers, we're potentially entering the first real phase of expansion in the US smartphone lineups offered by major carriers in quite some time, following a period of simplification and focus,” he writes in a research note about the deal.
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[52051]

I expect Huawei will dominate the US market, China's phone market offer the toughest competition, samsung is almost dead in China due to competition (only 3% market share this year, comparing to 23% worldwide), and Apple also lose steam here.

Whilst Huawei is the biggest winner in China due to good quanlity and significant better software comparing to the crappy software from samsung's phone.

The only reason that Samsung can sell more phones worldwide now is because certain market are banned Chinese phone due to outdated cold-war mentality, once China phone maker break into such market, it is all over for samsung and to a less extend, Apple.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

How Huawei May Have Finally Cracked the U.S. Phone Market

Chinese brands need to find more easily pronounced and catchy names for global audience.

 

[52051]

Chinese brands need to find more easily pronounced and catchy names for global audience.

it pronounced as "holyway" or something like that, pretty easy to pronounce

 

[Indus Pakistan]

it pronounced as "holyway" or something like that, pretty easy to pronounce

And there is me trying "Hu - A - Wee". My brother switched over to Huawei and it does indeed look good. I am still stuck with my Iphone but it fell and cracked. Waiting to see if Apple will fix it. If not I might take a tumble as well with Huawei. I would actually go out of way to buy Chinese products as a way to thank you China for it;s support to Pakistan. Below is example of China-Pak co-operation that is way forward. And I admit I don't know how to pronounce "Haier".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haier_Pakistan

 

[Pyr0test]

Chinese brands need to find more easily pronounced and catchy names for global audience.

the name Huawei works fine in Europe, should have no problem in the US as well. If for some reason it doesn't work they still have the honor subbrand to use.

as far as pronunciation is concerned they made a video awhile back

 

[Paludism]

And I admit I don't know how to pronounce "Haier".

You could break it up like this "Hai - er".

 

[Pyr0test]

You could break it up like this "Hai - er".

"higher" works too i think

 

[ZeEa5KPul]

the name Huawei works fine in Europe, should have no problem in the US as well. If for some reason it doesn't work they still have the honor subbrand to use.

as far as pronunciation is concerned they made a video awhile back

They should make a commercial out of the pronunciation like Hyundai did:

Lol, the Axis be mad.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Chinese brands need to find more easily pronounced and catchy names for global audience.

Maybe the reason OnePlus is doing so well in the international market is because they translated the name to English.

Otherwise it would be "Yijia".

 

[ohmrlobalobayeh]

I expect Huawei will dominate the US market, China's phone market offer the toughest competition, samsung is almost dead in China due to competition (only 3% market share this year, comparing to 23% worldwide), and Apple also lose steam here.

Whilst Huawei is the biggest winner in China due to good quanlity and significant better software comparing to the crappy software from samsung's phone.

The only reason that Samsung can sell more phones worldwide now is because certain market are banned Chinese phone due to outdated cold-war mentality, once China phone maker break into such market, it is all over for samsung and to a less extend, Apple.

Just like how DJI drones now command 85% of the global commercial drone market. No country in the world can beat Chinese technology companies at pricing.

China supplied the rest of the world during Silk road times(not talking about OBOR, but the medieval 1) and now, it is continuing that tradition.