As Apple & Samsung declined, Huawei's smartphone shipments exploded in 2018

The Mate 20 Pro – Huawei was the big winner last year

Last year was a pretty tough year in the smartphone world with all but Huawei and Xiaomi experiencing struggles at some point in the year. In fact, according to data from IDC, shipments declined 4.1%, thus marking the worst year ever for smartphones.

Overall, 1.404 billion devices were shipped throughout 2018. Once again, Samsung led the industry with sales of 292.3 million for the entire year and a market share of 20.8%. These figures are certainly impressive but do represent a sharp ...