{"id":237478,"date":"2026-01-14T12:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/237478\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T12:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:35:19","slug":"huawei-reclaims-top-spot-over-apple-in-china-smartphone-market-after-chip-breakthrough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/237478\/","title":{"rendered":"Huawei reclaims top spot over Apple in China smartphone market after chip breakthrough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Huawei Technologies edged out Apple to reclaim the No 1 spot in mainland <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/article\/3336056\/apple-takes-chinas-smartphone-battle-house-house-free-3-hour-iphone-delivery?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">China\u2019s smartphone market<\/a> in 2025, a new report showed, as the domestic handset maker overcame crippling US sanctions.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For the full year, Huawei captured 16.4 per cent of China\u2019s smartphone market with 46.7 million units shipped, narrowly beating Apple, which shipped 46.2 million iPhones for a 16.2 per cent share, research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Huawei\u2019s smartphone shipments fell 1.9 per cent compared with the previous year, while Apple enjoyed a 4 per cent growth, IDC said. It was the first time Huawei had secured a full-year lead on the mainland\u2019s smartphone market since 2020, after the US tightened sanctions on the company and cut off its access to advanced chips.<\/p>\n<p>The Shenzhen-based company turned to self-designed, China-made processors to power its smartphones, including the latest <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/tech-war\/article\/3336501\/huaweis-kirin-9030-processor-shows-chinas-chip-progress-despite-us-export-curbs-report?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kirin 9030<\/a> in its premium flagship model <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/tech\/big-tech\/article\/3334108\/huaweis-latest-kirin-9030-processor-powers-premium-mate-80-smartphones?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mate 80 Pro Max<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe continuous improvement in Huawei\u2019s in-house chip production was a key driver in 2025, providing the necessary support for its shipment momentum,\u201d said Will Wong, senior research manager for client devices at IDC in Asia-Pacific.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Wong said the competitive landscape had changed in China, as some domestic players stepped up their overseas push by shifting focus to markets such as India and Africa to avoid direct rivalry with a resurgent Huawei at home.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Huawei has turned to China-designed processors, including the Kirin 9030, to power its smartphones. Photo: Handout\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ba8b66cd-4c6e-401a-9977-4a985ce398c2_00d05c81.jpg\" title=\"Huawei has turned to China-designed processors, including the Kirin 9030, to power its smartphones. Photo: Handout\"\/>Huawei has turned to China-designed processors, including the Kirin 9030, to power its smartphones. Photo: Handout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Huawei Technologies edged out Apple to reclaim the No 1 spot in mainland China\u2019s smartphone market in 2025,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":237479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1911,670,1631,1657,26475,5620,10248,85,207,1568,46,128426,128427,125467,13375,349,16173,125,81563,1956,1524],"class_list":["post-237478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-africa","tag-apple","tag-asia-pacific","tag-china","tag-honor","tag-huawei","tag-idc","tag-il","tag-india","tag-iphone-17","tag-israel","tag-kirin-9030","tag-mate-80-pro-max","tag-meizu","tag-oppo","tag-samsung-electronics","tag-shenzhen","tag-technology","tag-us-sanctions","tag-vivo","tag-xiaomi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/237479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=237478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=237478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}