--- description: It looks like Huawei has been having a good year, with smartphone sales up 39% in the first two quarters already title: Sales of Huawei Smartphones Soar 39% image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a2f5c05bc025c07/69885be4196cf42647037347/465164428.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Sales of Huawei Smartphones Soar 39% ## Video: Huawei Watch - Smartwatch - Android Wear - MWC 2015 [Watch (HLS stream): Huawei Watch - Smartwatch - Android Wear - MWC 2015](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/shxzLOj8.m3u8) (3:49)  _Published 2015-03-01. Huawei Watch - Smartwatch - Android Wear - MWC 2015_ by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 22, 2015 7:55 AM CUT  A logo sits illuminated outside the Huawei pavilion during the second day of the Mobile World Congress 2015 at the Fira Gran Via complex on March 3, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain A logo sits illuminated outside the Huawei pavilion during the second day of the Mobile World Congress 2015 at the Fira Gran Via complex on March 3, 2015 in Barcelona, SpainDavid Ramos—Getty Images by [Joanna Plucinska](/author/joanna-plucinska/) ## Joanna Plucinska Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 22, 2015 7:55 AM CUT The future is looking [bright](http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33618592 "undefined") for Chinese smartphone-maker Huawei with handset sales up 39% over the first two quarters of 2015. The firm’s recent success comes from a marked shift in its smartphone sales strategy. This year, Huawei decided to ditch its lower-end models and invest in top of the line phones to compete with global giants Samsung and Apple. So far, the plan has worked miraculously, the BBC reports. Already, there’s been a 70% increase in shipments for its mid to high-level products, leading to a 30% spike in overall revenue. The Shenzhen-based company competes with Apple and Xiaowei for market share in China, one of the world’s largest smartphone markets, and also produces mobile phone masts and other telecommunications infrastructure. By comparison, Xiaomi and Samsung have both seen a recent decline in sales; representatives of Xiaomi have complained that the smartphone market has reached almost complete saturation. \[[BBC](http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33618592 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3967217/huawei-smartphone-sales-china/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3967217/huawei-smartphone-sales-china/"},"headline":"Sales of Huawei Smartphones Soar 39%","datePublished":"2015-07-22T07:55:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:06:07.700Z","description":"The Chinese firm is thriving while Samsung and Apple struggle","url":"https://time.com/3967217/huawei-smartphone-sales-china/","keywords":["Tech","Apple","Samsung","Smartphones","China","Companies","xiaomi","Huawei"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a2f5c05bc025c07/69885be4196cf42647037347/465164428.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joanna Plucinska","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joanna-plucinska/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8a2f5c05bc025c07/69885be4196cf42647037347/465164428.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Mobile World Congress 2015 - Day 2","caption":"Mobile World Congress 2015 - Day 2","creditText":"David Ramos—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3967217/huawei-smartphone-sales-china/","name":"Sales of Huawei Smartphones Soar 39%"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Huawei Watch - Smartwatch - Android Wear - MWC 2015","description":"Huawei Watch - Smartwatch - Android Wear - MWC 2015","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/shxzLOj8/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-01T14:50:02.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/shxzLOj8.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3967217/huawei-smartphone-sales-china/","duration":"PT3M49S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3967217/huawei-smartphone-sales-china/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```