Huawei sells 75m smartphones, ranks 3rd

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Huawei sells 75m smartphones, ranks 3rd
China Daily


Attendees examine the Huawei Honor 6 Plus and Honor P7 smartphones, January 6, 2015 at the Consumer Electronics Show. /AFP

BANGKOK: -- Chinese technology firm Huawei's revenue increased about 20 per cent to at least 287 billion yuan last year, aided by its 75 million smartphone sales, according to the company's preliminary financial statement.

Huawei retains as the world’s third largest smartphone vendor, with more than 40 per cent sales growth last year, reported China Business News on Wednesday.

China’s smartphone sales dropped 8.2 per cent to 389 million in 2014, according to a latest report compiled by China Academy of Telecommunication Research. Domestic cell phone brands owned 78.3 per cent market share.

Nomura expects the growth rate of China’s smartphone market to continue to slow in 2015 due to saturation of the smartphone adoption rate and operators’ subsidy cuts, but Chinese brands will sustain 20 to 25 per cent growth driven primarily by exports demand.

Cloud computing and 5G research

The innovation focus will shift from Internet consumption to Internet industrialisation, said Meng Wanzhou, Chief Finance Officer of Huawei to the News, adding that it’s crucial for the company to provide channels to support the shift.

Huawei saw a 27 per cent increase in the unit that provides cloud computing and data services to corporate. Revenue from end products grew 32 per cent in 2014.

"Huawei will invest $600 million on the research of 5G network technology," said Meng, adding that such technology can be used on Google’s self-driving car, which requires data transition per metre.

According to the News, the profit margin for Huawei’s main business remained at 12 per cent. The company’s investment on research and development grew 28 per cent last year to at least 39.5 billion yuan.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/business/Huawei-sells-75m-smartphones-ranks-3rd-30251951.html


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[canarysun]

Huawei are right up Samsungs " rear end " .........

[rotary]

Watch out Apple..............your core might get rotten.

[steve187]

I have a huawei - no complaint

[meltingpot2015]

I am considering buying a huawei smartphone. price range 4000 - 6000 Bhat.

What are the huawei phones like?. I'd like to buy it from a authorised dealer. Interested in phone performance, need to be smooth switching between apps (with 5 or 6 apps running).

Good battery life. Has to have good aftersales (worldwide preferably) both instore and online.

[speedtripler]

Ascend mate 7 is excellent

6" screen and very thin

Metal body construction

Cost 12-15k at various locations

[beano2274]

I work for Huawei in Europe, they gave all the employees a Huawei telephone, the thing is that in the software there is a tracking device, be careful, you can get rid of it by flashing the memory.

[canarysun]

After having endless problems with Samsung devices i bought a Huawei G6 it's slim and attractive (just like it's owner...) and has the most amazing camera too!

F.J x

[canarysun]

Ascend mate 7 is excellent

6" screen and very thin

Metal body construction

Cost 12-15k at various locations

Even the original Huawei Ascend mate was a nice phone but whatever happened to the Ascend mate 2 ? There was quite a bit of publicity before the launch date and then nothing?

[MadMuhummad]

I work for Huawei in Europe, they gave all the employees a Huawei telephone, the thing is that in the software there is a tracking device, be careful, you can get rid of it by flashing the memory.

Be careful because??

Just wrap in tin foil lol

[dave2]

re

Huawei retains as the world’s third largest smartphone vendor, with more than 40 per cent sales growth last year, reported China Business News on Wednesday

and they opened a shop in central festival plaza , chiang mai

last week

dave2

ps .. i have a note 4 so didnt look at phones

but if my note 8 or tab s die ill be looking there for a new one

coz their tablets looked good