The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 was, of course, an absolute debacle, that the profit of the mobile branch of Samsung is almost complete did disappear. That is reflected in the statistics. For the first time in the history of Huawei namely the most profitable Android-smartphonefabrikant.

Chinese manufacturers are doing the good

Huawei Mate 9 Pro Huawei P10The Chinese manufacturer recorded in the third quarter of 2016, and 2.4 percent of the global profits on smartphones. That is approximately 190 million euro. Also the other Chinese smartphoneproducenten O ppo and Vivo are doing well. They had in the third quarter of 2016 to 2.2 percent of the market share in the hands.

The expectation is that Huawei in the first half of 2017 a strong position in the market. That, says analyst Neil Mawston, in an interview with the Post. "Huawei's smartphoneverkopen are growing and the company to keep the costs well under control."

'Huawei untenable'

The position as a market leader in the field of Android smartphones, however, seems untenable for Huawei. As said saw Samsung virtually the entire profit of the mobile branch go up in smoke after the problems with the Note 7. As a result, the South Korean manufacturer in the third quarter to the ninth place ranking in the area of profit in smartphones. Nevertheless, it appears that the customers of Samsung to remain loyal to the company. When a new flagship is the chance so great that the technologiegigant its position if it recovers.

Apple in the first place

In the first place is still Apple, that its position is due to the loss of Samsung is even further reinforced. Of the profits on all the smartphones is a whopping 91 percent by the American company.

Source: Fortune.com via VentureBeat