Huawei phones gain China market share from patriotic buying

Customers rally behind brand amid industrywide slump

20190806N Huawei storefront REUTERS

Huawei shipped nearly 59 million smartphones worldwide during the second quarter. © Reuters

YUSUKE HINATA, Nikkei staff writer

GUANGZHOU -- Huawei Technologies shipped 36.3 million smartphones in its home market of China in the April-June quarter, up 27% from a year earlier, riding a patriotic backlash against American sanctions on the company.

Huawei's market share grew 9.6 percentage points to 37% in IDC data out Tuesday. U.S. restrictions imposed in May essentially bar the company from procuring American components, yet shipments appear to have been hardly affected by these measures.

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