{"id":799192,"date":"2026-07-14T06:56:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/799192\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T06:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:56:23","slug":"huawei-records-smartphone-sales-jump-globally-in-2q26-counterpoint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/799192\/","title":{"rendered":"Huawei records smartphone sales jump globally in 2Q26: Counterpoint"},"content":{"rendered":"

Huawei<\/a> smartphone sales are making gradual progress globally, and in 2Q26<\/a>, the company witnessed significant growth. While the Chinese company didn\u2019t make it into the top five on the list, it saw a sharp year-over-year increase in shipments.<\/p>\n

Counterpoint has released its analysis<\/a>\u00a0of the 2Q26\u00a0global smartphone sales<\/a> market, in which Samsung reclaimed the top spot, with Apple following closely.<\/p>\n

Samsung<\/a> holds 24% of the market share in the second quarter of this year, with the strongest growth among its competitors \u2013 special thanks to the Galaxy S26 Ultra that appeared as a \u201cstandout performer\u201d in the market due to AI and Privacy Display<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Apple grew 3% and achieved 20% of the market share, driven by the sustained momentum of the iPhone 17 series. Other rankers in the top five list include Xiaomi, OPPO, and Vivo, with a slight decline in their sales share over the last year, same period.<\/p>\n

Huawei appears in the top 10 smartphone sales rankers list globally in 2Q26, with a 6% year-on-year increase in shipments. The company is witnessing constant growth, mainly due to its strong presence in the Chinese phone market.<\/p>\n

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(Image Credits: Counterpoint)<\/p>\n

From the flagship Mate 80 series<\/a> to mid-rangers like Nova 15 and the pocket-friendly Enjoy 90, the company\u2019s smartphones are selling well. Huawei has made prominent changes to its creations over the years, which have made it rise steadily in the market.<\/p>\n

Counterpoint said:<\/p>\n

\u201cGoogle and Huawei witnessed significant shipment growth in Q2 2026, rising 16% and 6% YoY, respectively. [\u2026] Huawei\u2019s growth was supported by the Mate 80 series, Nova 15, and the newly launched Enjoy 90 series.\u201d<\/p>\n

The overall global smartphone sales market experienced a drop of 11% YoY in the second quarter of this year, following the intense shortage of NAND and DRAM chips.<\/p>\n

As per the report, the shipments will continue to decline and hit a 14% drop mark for the entire year as the global memory shortage may persist till 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Huawei smartphone sales are making gradual progress globally, and in 2Q26, the company witnessed significant growth. While the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":799193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[64,63,203,105],"class_list":["post-799192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=799192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799192\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/799193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=799192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=799192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=799192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}