Huawei’s consumer business executive in chief, Richard Yu, told Reuters that his company wants to become the world’s second-largest smartphone maker in two years, beating Apple for its spot in the top-two next to leader Samsung. It’s currently at the third spot, which means the target it’s set for itself isn’t that far off, although catching up for Apple will take quite the mix of hard work and dumb luck.
According to Strategy Analytics, Huawei had a 9% market share last quarter, shipping 33.6 million devices. Apple held a 12% market share and shipped 45.5 million devices, while Samsung held a leading 20.1% share and shipped 75.3 million devices.
