{"id":540019,"date":"2026-04-19T21:39:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/540019\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T21:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T21:39:20","slug":"huawei-retains-lead-in-china-smartphone-market-apple-shipments-surge-in-first-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/540019\/","title":{"rendered":"Huawei retains lead in China smartphone market, Apple shipments surge in first quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Huawei Technologies claimed the top spot in China\u2019s smartphone market in the first quarter with its highest share in five years, while Apple saw the strongest growth among the top six players, despite a global memory chip crunch.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Huawei held a 20 per cent share in the first three months, the highest since the fourth quarter of 2020, according to a Friday report by Counterpoint Research. Chinese government subsidies that offered a 15 per cent discount for gadgets under 6,000 yuan (US$880), along with promotions during the Chinese New Year in February, supported the strong performance, the research firm said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The company\u2019s \u201cheavy reliance on domestic suppliers provides a good cost buffer amid the global memory price surge\u201d, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-business\/article\/3339863\/huawei-reclaims-top-spot-over-apple-china-smartphone-market-after-chip-breakthrough?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Huawei edged out Apple<\/a> to reclaim the No 1 spot in mainland China\u2019s smartphone market, according to IDC in January.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Apple ranked second in the first quarter with a 19 per cent share, boosted by a 20 per cent surge in shipments, the largest growth among the top six brands. This was driven by \u201csustained strong performance of the iPhone 17 series, promotional price cuts and government subsidies\u201d, according to Counterpoint Research.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Customers look at iPhone 17 models at an Apple store in the Huangpu district of Shanghai, January 20, 2026. Photo: AFP\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b458e243-8531-406e-8abe-375c63d7d297_741ac6ff.jpg\" title=\"Customers look at iPhone 17 models at an Apple store in the Huangpu district of Shanghai, January 20, 2026. Photo: AFP\"\/>Customers look at iPhone 17 models at an Apple store in the Huangpu district of Shanghai, January 20, 2026. Photo: AFP<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Apple might be the \u201cbest positioned to navigate the ongoing global memory crunch, supported by its premium product portfolio and strong supply chain management\u201d, the report said, adding that the American tech giant was \u201cmore likely to absorb rising costs internally and expand its market share\u201d in the near-to-medium term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Huawei Technologies claimed the top spot in China\u2019s smartphone market in the first quarter with its highest share&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":540020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[304,8384,4755,88,3562,2306,17502,8650,13382,20884,4429,86,56,54,55,22753],"class_list":{"0":"post-540019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mobile","8":"tag-apple","9":"tag-consumption","10":"tag-huawei","11":"tag-iphone-17","12":"tag-memory","13":"tag-mobile","14":"tag-oneplus","15":"tag-oppo","16":"tag-realme","17":"tag-semiconductor","18":"tag-smartphone","19":"tag-technology","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom","22":"tag-unitedkingdom","23":"tag-vivo"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=540019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/540019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/540020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=540019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=540019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=540019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}