Huawei has replaced Apple as the #2 phone maker?

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Samsung may have stolen CES 2019 by announcing the launch date of its upcoming Galaxy S10 (it's Feb. 20, by the way), but it was world's second-largest phone maker, Huawei, that turned out the best phone here at the show. That might not seem like much of a threat when you consider that there were few phones to speak of. Yet, the Huawei Honor View 20 has enough unique features on what will be a midprice device to make Samsung look over its shoulder.

Samsung is currently the largest phone brand on the planet by sales volume, but it's hardly sitting pretty. Phones sales are slowing down, with even trillion-dollar Apple warning investors that it hasn't sold as many new iPhones as expected. Samsung will need its 10th anniversary Galaxy S10 to impress if it's going to keep its place at the top.
Does Samsung really have anything to fear? Huawei, which ousted Apple to become number-two, is in a tight spot. The company, which is also one of the biggest names in telecommunications equipment, has been banned by governments over fears of spying for the Chinese government, despite Huawei's insistence that it adheres to local laws wherever it operates. Since last year, massive carrier and retailer deals dried up and two of the company's employees have been arrested.

Although Huawei's business is imperiled, the handsets themselves are on the rise. The Huawei phones we've seen since last CES have outpaced Samsung's flagship models with three rear cameras, like the Huawei P20 Pro and Mate 20 Pro, an in-screen fingerprint reader and flashy finishes and colors, like the stunning Honor View 20 seen this past week at CES.
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I had no idea...lol
 
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They been ahead of Apple since last year.

Right now Huawei is selling over 200 million phones a year and still growing like crazy. It's very possible they will surpass Samsung in the next year(or possibly this year) since Samsung has been on a downhill from the low-end market.

There's a reason why the US government is hellbent in banning Huawei products the past couple months. Huawei represents a threat that China's innovations could be leveraged into its foreign policy that can undermine the US's global influence.
 
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winb83 said:
Man Apple's stock is pretty low. I'm looking at buying into it and holding on for a few years. They have far too much money to completely implode. The iPhone might not be the future but they've got enough cash to come up with a new answer.
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They've been devolving and following trends since Jobs died. They go.need a better spark than fast charging, a notch, and wireless charging.
 
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R=G said:
They've been devolving and following trends since Jobs died. They go.need a better spark than fast charging, a notch, and wireless charging.
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They need to transition away from selling cell phones altogether. It's like how Microsoft had to reinvent themselves from being a primarily Windows company. Apple is going to need to do that. There's no innovation left to be had in cell phones. It's all gimmicks now like notches and camera cutouts but nobody can really come up with anything meaningful to add to cell phones because there's not much left to add.
 
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