HONG KONG: Huawei Technologies extended its lead in the declining China smartphone market in the second quarter, with its market share rising to 38per cent as all other top vendors lost ground, according to data from market research firm Canalys.
Smartphone shipment in the world's largest smartphone market declined for the 9th consecutive quarter by 6per cent in the three months ended June to 97.6 million units, Canalys said.Huawei shipped 37.3 million smartphones in China in the second quarter, up 31per cent year-on-year. That represented 64per cent of Huawei's worldwide smartphone shipment in the quarter, according to Canalys.