Amid China's aggressive 5G push, Huawei is expected to produce about 74 million 5G mobile phones this year, ranking it No. 1 worldwide, market research firm TrendForce said in a report released today.
Huawei has been affected by the U.S. export ban and is now focusing on domestic sales in China.
Chinese mobile phone brands have advanced deployment of 5G mobile phones, and have already captured 75% of the global market share in the first half of 2020, the report said.
TrendForce said that in addition to Android brands, Apple's new phones will also join the 5G list in the second half of 2020.
Apple's total production of 5G mobile phones is estimated to be about 70 million units, ranking second in the world.
Samsung has lost ground in the Chinese market in recent years, the total production of 5G mobile phones for the year is only about 29 million units, ranking third in the world.
Vivo, OPPO (including One Plus, OPPO, Realme) and Xiaomi shipments are similar, and in recent years have been squeezed by Huawei's expansion of market share in China, and the three actively strive for overseas market share to maintain annual production performance.
The report predicts that the three will produce 21 million, 20 million and 19 million units of 5G mobile phones.
Under the forecast that total smartphone production will remain at 1.243 billion units, 5G handset production will account for 235 million units, with a penetration rate of 18.9 percent.
