Chinese company Huawei plans to become the world's largest smartphone maker by 2021.
The claim that by 2021, Huawei will be the leading manufacturer of smartphones in the world. Now, according to IDC analysts, Huawei is ranked third, controlling 8.3% of the global mobile market, behind only Samsung and Apple's, which accounted for 23% and 15% of the market respectively. Moreover, Huawei's manage to keep the increase in smartphone shipments, while Samsung and Apple are facing obstacles in the market. Since the beginning of 2016 deliveries of Huawei smartphones increased by 59%.
By 2021, according to Richard Yu, Huawei will occupy 25% of the global smartphone market. And given the slowdown in the growth of the smartphone market and growing share of small local producers, this is a very ambitious goal. And if indeed Huawei expects to become a leading manufacturer of smartphones in the world, it needs to strengthen its position in the US market. Now it does not sell its flagship smartphones in the US through its own online store, but it may change later this year when Huawei will launch in the US market the new flagship of Huawei P9.
Chapter Huawei said that the company will continue to develop its high-end smartphones, because without strong position in this market segment, it can not become a world leader.