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Huawei beats Apple to become second-largest smartphone maker

Huawei Consumer Business Group shipped more than 95 million smartphone units in the first half of 2018. [Courtesy]

Huawei Consumer Business Group shipped more than 95 million smartphone units in the first half of 2018.

According to IDC, Huawei overtook Apple to become the world’s second-largest smartphone seller behind Samsung, the first time in seven years that any contender has managed to split the top two.

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