Huawei shipped 100m smartphones this year as of end-May

People look at the new Huawei smartphones at the company stand during the Consumer Electronics Show, Ces Asia 2019 in Shanghai on June 11, 2019. (AFP)
Updated 21 June 2019
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Huawei shipped 100m smartphones this year as of end-May

  • Huawei has been hit by devastating curbs ordered by Washington, which threatens to cripple its supply chain
  • The ban could cost the company $30 billion in revenue this year, and that smartphone sales outside China already dropped 40 percent in the past month

HONG KONG: Huawei Technologies said on Friday it has shipped 100 million smartphones this year as of May 30.
Huawei consumer business group’s smartphone product line president He Gang revealed the numbers at a launch event in Wuhan, China for its new Nova 5 phone. The phone is powered by Huawei’s new 7-nanometer chipset Kirin 810.
Huawei has been hit by devastating curbs ordered by Washington, which threatens to cripple its supply chain.
Founder and chief executive Ren Zhengfei said on Monday the ban could cost the company $30 billion in revenue this year, and that smartphone sales outside China already dropped 40 percent in the past month.