Huawei says he's ready to outdo Apple in 2019: report

Huawei is on the heels of Apple

The Chinese firm claims to be on track to distribute 200 million smartphones worldwide in 2018, a figure that will allow it to shorten distances with Apple, the second distributor of mobile phones in China. According to statements by Huawei's mobile zone CEO Richard Yu Chengdong, quoted by the South China Morning Post, a Hong Kong newspaper. The executive pointed out that from January to July this year, the company has distributed 100 million mobile phones, a record figure for Huawei.

"Previously, Huawei had reached 100 million units in December 2015, October 2016 and September 2017," said Yu according to the newspaper. "And now, it took us only six months to reach the goal, and we are focused on the distribution of 200 million by the end of the year.

Huawei's figure includes units distributed from its brand and the sub-brand Honor recently arrived in Mexico and already available in several countries including the United States where the parent company can not officially commercialize its units due to problems with the local government .

Huawei knows that defeating Apple is not impossible. The Chinese firm briefly took second place in June and July of last year, but Apple regained its place with the arrival of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X respectively in September and October.

Huawei may launch more cell phones for its midrange and midrange, and Honor would have the same plans. In the high end segment Huawei still retains an badet for the rest of the year: its Mate line. The company will announce in the fall of this year its new mobile phone and successor of Mate 10 which left a good impression in 2017.

Huawei had one of its long-term goals to outdo Apple, and after to Samsung, the leader of the mobile industry. Yu himself said in 2013 that it would take three to five years to overcome both companies, according to the Post.