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Huaiwei reported 30% growth with revenue of $28.3 billions (175.9 billion yuan) for the first half of 2015, a net gain of $8.5 billions. For the whole vietnam, assuming 6% growth, the net gain growth for the first half of 2015 should be is only around $6 billions. 90 million vietnamese's contribution of world economy growth is less than a single Huawei and they are talking about the fall of China. What kind of IQ is it?
And Huawei's growth is achieved under the sanction of Western Governments. Just look at all the political barriers US and Europe governments set specifically for Huawei. Compared to Huawei, Japan's High Tech companies are nearly nothing.
Ok good for you Indian BS, please go somewhere else to release your BS story.The Apple watch is by far the most advanced such watch on the market but I take your point. Apple has gone for an entirely new generation of time piece whilst others are trying to adapt "smart" features into a traditional time piece-different approaches. The thing that confuses me the most though is that I can understand the second approach coming from renowned Swiss watch makers but Huawei is a technology company with no heritage in watch making so it is interesting they have adopted this process.
I had an opportunity to see this watch in first person during my internship at Huawei over the summer, it was a pretty decently made product, if not as weighty as I would have liked, I will stick to my Apple watch though
Hahaha This is must be a Indian Richest man on earth, go in to Huawei factory... lol what a BS indian.
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Huawei Chips Away at Samsung
Chinese firm offers high-end smartphones and looks to expand sales in Mideast, Africa
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Huawei signs were on display at a Beijing mobile-phone store last month. Huawei’s first-half handset revenue increased 87%. PHOTO:AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
JURO OSAWA
Updated Sept. 2, 2015 1:58 p.m. ET
HONG KONG—For the past three years, Samsung Electronics Co. has been the world’s top seller of smartphones, but its global lead is now under attack from fast-growing Chinese rival Huawei Technologies Co.
Long known as a telecommunications-equipment supplier to global carriers, Huawei hasalready toppled Samsung in China, the world’s biggest market, where 425 million smartphones are expected to be shipped this year. Globally, the Shenzhen-based company became the third-largest smartphone maker in the second quarter, according to data from IDC. This is due, in part, to its ability to gain market share in the Middle East and Africa, where smartphone growth exceeds that of any other region.
With handset revenue up 87% in the first half of this year, Huawei expects profit from its smartphone business to more than double this year. If its pace of growth continues, Huawei hopes to challenge top competitors Samsung and Apple Inc. in the smartphone market.
“The best product and the best innovation are coming from Huawei. Not from Apple, not from Samsung,” said Richard Yu, who heads Huawei’s consumer business including smartphones, at a briefing in July.
Huawei is trying to break out of the mold of a budget handset maker by selling more high-end models with higher price tags. On Wednesday, at the IFA consumer trade show in Berlin, Huawei unveiled the Mate S, which the company says will cost at least €600 (US$679) in Europe—its most expensive smartphone to date. It has a 5.5-inch touch screen that can distinguish between a light tap and deep press, a feature similar to what will likely appear in Apple’s next iPhones, according to people familiar with the matter.
The new flagship phone could help Huawei gain more ground against Samsung. The two companies compete in similar price segments and both make devices based on Google Inc.’s Android operating system.
Samsung’s global market share has been slipping amid stiff competition from Huawei and other Chinese rivals over the past year. In the second quarter, Samsung’s smartphone shipments fell 2.3%, with its share of the global market shrinking to 22% from 25%, according to IDC. In contrast, Huawei’s smartphone shipments rose 48% from a year earlier, giving it an 8.9% share and making it the fastest-growing competitor among the top five global vendors, IDC says.
Bhekinkosi Ncube, a 23-year-old legal adviser in Johannesburg, has owned several Samsung smartphones. In July, he bought a Huawei phone for the first time, paying $300 online for the Chinese company’s Ascend P7, which has a higher-resolution screen and larger battery capacity than Samsung’s Galaxy A5, which costs more on the same website.
“Huawei is a lot cooler than it used to be,” even though Samsung is a better-known brand, Mr. Ncube said.
In the Middle East and Africa, Huawei’s market share more than quadrupled in two years, from 2.6% in the second quarter of 2013 to 11% in the second quarter of this year, while Samsung’s share fell to 32% from 53% during the same period, IDC said.
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Huawei’s Richard Yu presented the Mate S, the company’s priciest smartphone, in Berlin on Wednesday.PHOTO: GREGOR FISCHER/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
As China’s smartphone market gets more saturated, the Middle East and Africa are becoming increasingly important. In the second quarter, total smartphone shipments in the Middle East and Africa jumped 60%, according to IDC.
“With aggressive plans to expand in the region, especially in Africa, Huawei will continue to be a threat to Samsung,” said Nabila Popal, IDC’s research manager for the Middle East and Africa.
Samsung declined to comment on its falling market share and how it plans to fend off competition from Huawei.
Ashraf Fawakherji, who heads Huawei’s smartphone business in the Middle East, joined the Chinese company in early 2013 after managing Samsung’s mobile unit in the Persian Gulf for six years. He says to compete against Samsung’s deep pockets, Huawei needed to think creatively about its marketing.
His team’s first Facebook campaign in 2013 asked people to pronounce “Huawei.” Thousands of people in the region submitted their recorded voices to win free Huawei smartphones.
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Huawei has also enlisted the help of Nancy Ajram, a popular singer in the Arab world. In April, it launched an online contest asking fans to submit videos of them singing one of her songs. Finalists performed in front of Ms. Ajram and the winner received $25,000 of solid gold.
Expanding sales channels is, however, a challenge in the Middle East, where most phones are sold by retailers, not by telecom carriers. Mr. Fawakherji, a 20-year industry veteran, said his experience of working for both a local mobile distributor and Samsung came in handy, because he already knew managers at local retailers.
Huawei is also gaining market share in parts of Europe, where it has been sponsoring professional soccer teams such as Spain’s Atlético Madrid and Italy’s AC Milan. In the second quarter, its market share in Spain rose to 10% from 6%, while its share in Italy increased to 9% from 7%, according to IDC.
Still, Samsung’s lead in smartphones against Huawei remains large and the South Korean company is a far more established consumer brand. Given Samsung’s marketing might, it won’t be easy for Huawei to narrow that gap, some analysts say.
Last year, Samsung was ranked No. 7 in Interbrand’s 100 Best Global Brands ranking, while Huawei, the only Chinese company on the list, was No. 94. Huawei phones also have little presence in the U.S., where its telecom-networking-gear business has been effectively banned because of security concerns raised by lawmakers who said Chinese equipment could be used by Beijing for spying. Huawei has rejected the view that it could pose a threat to security. It has said it would offer new smartphones in the U.S., without giving details.
Mr. Yu contends more consumers are starting to recognize the improvements in Huawei’s products. “Rome was not built in a day,” he said at the briefing in July.
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The new Huawei Mate S has unveiled its record-setting features at the IFA exhibition in Berlin, including its force-touch technology and the world's first-ever knuckle sensor. Learn more about the Mate S and its state-of-the-art functions: bit.ly/1KOyDl5
Chinese firm offers high-end smartphones and looks to expand sales in Mideast, Africa
Huawei signs were on display at a Beijing mobile-phone store last month. Huawei’s first-half handset revenue increased 87%. PHOTO:AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES
JURO OSAWA
Updated Sept. 2, 2015 1:58 p.m. ET
HONG KONG—For the past three years, Samsung Electronics Co. has been the world’s top seller of smartphones, but its global lead is now under attack from fast-growing Chinese rival Huawei Technologies Co.
Long known as a telecommunications-equipment supplier to global carriers, Huawei hasalready toppled Samsung in China, the world’s biggest market, where 425 million smartphones are expected to be shipped this year. Globally, the Shenzhen-based company became the third-largest smartphone maker in the second quarter, according to data from IDC. This is due, in part, to its ability to gain market share in the Middle East and Africa, where smartphone growth exceeds that of any other region.
With handset revenue up 87% in the first half of this year, Huawei expects profit from its smartphone business to more than double this year. If its pace of growth continues, Huawei hopes to challenge top competitors Samsung and Apple Inc. in the smartphone market.
“The best product and the best innovation are coming from Huawei. Not from Apple, not from Samsung,” said Richard Yu, who heads Huawei’s consumer business including smartphones, at a briefing in July.
Huawei is trying to break out of the mold of a budget handset maker by selling more high-end models with higher price tags. On Wednesday, at the IFA consumer trade show in Berlin, Huawei unveiled the Mate S, which the company says will cost at least €600 (US$679) in Europe—its most expensive smartphone to date. It has a 5.5-inch touch screen that can distinguish between a light tap and deep press, a feature similar to what will likely appear in Apple’s next iPhones, according to people familiar with the matter.
The new flagship phone could help Huawei gain more ground against Samsung. The two companies compete in similar price segments and both make devices based on Google Inc.’s Android operating system.
Samsung’s global market share has been slipping amid stiff competition from Huawei and other Chinese rivals over the past year. In the second quarter, Samsung’s smartphone shipments fell 2.3%, with its share of the global market shrinking to 22% from 25%, according to IDC. In contrast, Huawei’s smartphone shipments rose 48% from a year earlier, giving it an 8.9% share and making it the fastest-growing competitor among the top five global vendors, IDC says.
Bhekinkosi Ncube, a 23-year-old legal adviser in Johannesburg, has owned several Samsung smartphones. In July, he bought a Huawei phone for the first time, paying $300 online for the Chinese company’s Ascend P7, which has a higher-resolution screen and larger battery capacity than Samsung’s Galaxy A5, which costs more on the same website.
“Huawei is a lot cooler than it used to be,” even though Samsung is a better-known brand, Mr. Ncube said.
In the Middle East and Africa, Huawei’s market share more than quadrupled in two years, from 2.6% in the second quarter of 2013 to 11% in the second quarter of this year, while Samsung’s share fell to 32% from 53% during the same period, IDC said.
Huawei’s Richard Yu presented the Mate S, the company’s priciest smartphone, in Berlin on Wednesday.PHOTO: GREGOR FISCHER/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
As China’s smartphone market gets more saturated, the Middle East and Africa are becoming increasingly important. In the second quarter, total smartphone shipments in the Middle East and Africa jumped 60%, according to IDC.
“With aggressive plans to expand in the region, especially in Africa, Huawei will continue to be a threat to Samsung,” said Nabila Popal, IDC’s research manager for the Middle East and Africa.
Samsung declined to comment on its falling market share and how it plans to fend off competition from Huawei.
Ashraf Fawakherji, who heads Huawei’s smartphone business in the Middle East, joined the Chinese company in early 2013 after managing Samsung’s mobile unit in the Persian Gulf for six years. He says to compete against Samsung’s deep pockets, Huawei needed to think creatively about its marketing.
His team’s first Facebook campaign in 2013 asked people to pronounce “Huawei.” Thousands of people in the region submitted their recorded voices to win free Huawei smartphones.
Huawei has also enlisted the help of Nancy Ajram, a popular singer in the Arab world. In April, it launched an online contest asking fans to submit videos of them singing one of her songs. Finalists performed in front of Ms. Ajram and the winner received $25,000 of solid gold.
Expanding sales channels is, however, a challenge in the Middle East, where most phones are sold by retailers, not by telecom carriers. Mr. Fawakherji, a 20-year industry veteran, said his experience of working for both a local mobile distributor and Samsung came in handy, because he already knew managers at local retailers.
Huawei is also gaining market share in parts of Europe, where it has been sponsoring professional soccer teams such as Spain’s Atlético Madrid and Italy’s AC Milan. In the second quarter, its market share in Spain rose to 10% from 6%, while its share in Italy increased to 9% from 7%, according to IDC.
Still, Samsung’s lead in smartphones against Huawei remains large and the South Korean company is a far more established consumer brand. Given Samsung’s marketing might, it won’t be easy for Huawei to narrow that gap, some analysts say.
Last year, Samsung was ranked No. 7 in Interbrand’s 100 Best Global Brands ranking, while Huawei, the only Chinese company on the list, was No. 94. Huawei phones also have little presence in the U.S., where its telecom-networking-gear business has been effectively banned because of security concerns raised by lawmakers who said Chinese equipment could be used by Beijing for spying. Huawei has rejected the view that it could pose a threat to security. It has said it would offer new smartphones in the U.S., without giving details.
Mr. Yu contends more consumers are starting to recognize the improvements in Huawei’s products. “Rome was not built in a day,” he said at the briefing in July.
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The new Huawei Mate S has unveiled its record-setting features at the IFA exhibition in Berlin, including its force-touch technology and the world's first-ever knuckle sensor. Learn more about the Mate S and its state-of-the-art functions: bit.ly/1KOyDl5
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Huawei edges close to Apple, Samsung
September 5, 2015
Richard Yu, head of consumer businesses at Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, presents its new smartphone, Mate S, ahead of the IFA electronics show in Berlin, September 2, 2015. (file photo)
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has inched close to Apple Inc in the high-end smartphone market - at least in terms of pricing.
Huawei's latest $780 flagship smartphone, Mate S, is the most expensive handset the Chinese tech giant has yet produced and is set to compete with the next-generation iPhone that Apple plans to reveal next week.
The company's previous flagships were priced in the $500-$650 price range. The lowest retail price for the iPhone 6 Plus, also a pamphlet, is about $750.
Richard Yu, head of Huawei's consumer businesses, said the Mate S deserves its price tag and will put pressure on Apple and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
"Samsung is facing great downward pressure and Apple seems to have hit a ceiling in innovation. It is the right time for Huawei to be on the offensive," Yu said at a product launch event in Berlin on Thursday.
Huawei is increasingly becoming a threat to Apple and Samsung after it notched up the highest sales growth rate of 46.3 percent in the second quarter, thanks to strong overseas sales and 4G smartphone sales in China.
By June, Huawei was the largest local handset vendor in China, the world's biggest smartphone market, according to research firm Gartner Inc.
Journalists follow the presentation of Huawei's new smartphone, the Mate S, ahead of the IFA Electronics show in Berlin, Germany, September 2, 2015. [China Daily]
But its 7.8 percent market share lags far behind Apple and Samsung, which took more than a third of the total shipments.
Huawei is striving to put on market more higher-end devices with fancy features so that it can edge out the two overseas giants someday.
In Mate S, the Shenzhen-based company has incorporated a 5.5-inch high-definition display, fingerprint security and the Force Touch display technology which allows the handset to tell the difference between a tap and a hard press on the screen.
Apple is also likely to use a similar technology for its new iPhone model, as the US company is in desperate need of innovative breakthroughs to boost sales. The model is expected to make an appearance during the company's annual product release on Sept 9 in San Francisco.
"The phone redefines how we incorporate touch technology into our smartphones, taking a revolutionary approach to touch-screen control and ushering in a new era for human-machine interaction," Yu said.
Xiang Ligang, an independent smartphone analyst and founder of telecom website cctime.com, said Huawei hopes more female buyers will be attracted by the new model's elegant design and cool features.
"It is a good attempt for Huawei to bond technology with elegance and fashion as it walks into the premium market," Xiang said.
The Mate S will be available on the Chinese market later this month, according to Huawei. The retail price in its home market could be slightly cheaper than in Europe and the United States, based on previous practice.
September 5, 2015
Richard Yu, head of consumer businesses at Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, presents its new smartphone, Mate S, ahead of the IFA electronics show in Berlin, September 2, 2015. (file photo)
Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has inched close to Apple Inc in the high-end smartphone market - at least in terms of pricing.
Huawei's latest $780 flagship smartphone, Mate S, is the most expensive handset the Chinese tech giant has yet produced and is set to compete with the next-generation iPhone that Apple plans to reveal next week.
The company's previous flagships were priced in the $500-$650 price range. The lowest retail price for the iPhone 6 Plus, also a pamphlet, is about $750.
Richard Yu, head of Huawei's consumer businesses, said the Mate S deserves its price tag and will put pressure on Apple and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd.
"Samsung is facing great downward pressure and Apple seems to have hit a ceiling in innovation. It is the right time for Huawei to be on the offensive," Yu said at a product launch event in Berlin on Thursday.
Huawei is increasingly becoming a threat to Apple and Samsung after it notched up the highest sales growth rate of 46.3 percent in the second quarter, thanks to strong overseas sales and 4G smartphone sales in China.
By June, Huawei was the largest local handset vendor in China, the world's biggest smartphone market, according to research firm Gartner Inc.
Journalists follow the presentation of Huawei's new smartphone, the Mate S, ahead of the IFA Electronics show in Berlin, Germany, September 2, 2015. [China Daily]
But its 7.8 percent market share lags far behind Apple and Samsung, which took more than a third of the total shipments.
Huawei is striving to put on market more higher-end devices with fancy features so that it can edge out the two overseas giants someday.
In Mate S, the Shenzhen-based company has incorporated a 5.5-inch high-definition display, fingerprint security and the Force Touch display technology which allows the handset to tell the difference between a tap and a hard press on the screen.
Apple is also likely to use a similar technology for its new iPhone model, as the US company is in desperate need of innovative breakthroughs to boost sales. The model is expected to make an appearance during the company's annual product release on Sept 9 in San Francisco.
"The phone redefines how we incorporate touch technology into our smartphones, taking a revolutionary approach to touch-screen control and ushering in a new era for human-machine interaction," Yu said.
Xiang Ligang, an independent smartphone analyst and founder of telecom website cctime.com, said Huawei hopes more female buyers will be attracted by the new model's elegant design and cool features.
"It is a good attempt for Huawei to bond technology with elegance and fashion as it walks into the premium market," Xiang said.
The Mate S will be available on the Chinese market later this month, according to Huawei. The retail price in its home market could be slightly cheaper than in Europe and the United States, based on previous practice.
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Samsung should be worried the most because it uses the same operating system as Huawei and if Huawei can offer a phone that's got 90% of the features but costs lower, then people will see Huawei as s better option.
Apple might be harder because many people like the iOS operation system of Apple over Andriod.
It's quite remarkable how quickly many Chinese brands have emerged in so many different industries and are doing quite well against established brands not just in Chinese market but now also the global market.
They found a way to compete against the big brands of the world.
Apple might be harder because many people like the iOS operation system of Apple over Andriod.
It's quite remarkable how quickly many Chinese brands have emerged in so many different industries and are doing quite well against established brands not just in Chinese market but now also the global market.
They found a way to compete against the big brands of the world.
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