Smartphones Have First Advance in 6 Quarters; Huawei Share Down on Sanctions: IHS

Worldwide smartphone shipments reached 360.1 million in Q3, up 1.2 percent, ending a five-quarter streak of declines, reported IHS Markit Thursday. Huawei’s 66.8 million were its most ever, rising 28 percent year on year. Samsung held top rank, up 10 percent to 78 million. Huawei’s share fell globally due to U.S. sanctions (see 1903070041). It's prohibited from including Google Mobile Services on new smartphones, noted IHS analyst Jusy Hong. Launch of Mate 30 smartphones was the first sign of Huawei devices without Google services, and Huawei “will face increasing difficulties in some markets,” the analyst said. Huawei’s existing devices can still launch with Google, he noted. Its domestic sales in China, up 65 percent, “more than compensated for its overseas sales, which fell,” said Hong. Apple’s 45.9 million iPhones were a 2.1 percent decline, its fourth consecutive down quarter. Its share rose 2 points sequentially to 13 percent. Motorola, ranked eighth with 3 percent at 9.7 million. LG, at ninth, had shipments drop 28 percent to 8.3 million for 2 percent share.