In April, Huawei's smartphone market share reached 21.4%, surpassing Samsung's 19.1%, making it the world's No. 1. smartphone maker for first time, Counterpoint data shows.
Counterpoint says global smartphone shipments in April were 69.37 million units, a year-over-year decrease of 41%.
Huawei's market share exceeding Samsung is mainly due to the lock down in India, which has led to a huge drop in Samsung's phone sales in India.
Samsung has a large number of factories located in India, and the outbreak of sanitary incidents in India led to a shutdown of Samsung's phones, Samsung's Production capacity has also been greatly affected.
According to previous IDC data, in the first quarter, China's smartphone market shipped 66.6 million units, a year-over-year decline of about 1.5 million units. Huawei shipped 28.4 million units in China in the first quarter, ranking first.
Huawei shipped 28.4 million units in China in the first quarter, ranking No. 1, with its market share rising to 42.6 percent from 35.5 percent a year earlier. Huawei shipped 28.4 million units in China in the first quarter, ranking first, with a market share of 42.6 percent, up from 35.5 percent a year earlier.
Apple shipped 5.1 million units, ranking fifth in the domestic market with a 7.6 percent market share, compared with 6.9 percent a year earlier.
In addition, Huawei's share of the smartphone market in China rose 13 percent in April from a year earlier.
Previously, Huawei Consumer Business CEO Richard Yu said Huawei is expected to overtake Samsung for the top spot with an estimated 350 million mobile phone shipments in 2020.
