Huawei’s Honor will continue to grow in the industry, says top official

Chinese smartphone major Huawei’s consumer devices brand Honor, which launched three new Android-based smartphones Tuesday amid uncertainty over access to key services of Google-owned software platform, exuded confidence that it will continue to grow in the industry.

“Honor will continue to work hard to bring out best innovation, best product and best technology for everybody and will continue to work to support the best experience for our customers. Honor will continue to grow in this industry and will continue to grow with young people,” Honor President George Zhao said while unveiling the Honor 20 series smartphones here.

In the latest March quarter, Huawei was the second largest smartphone vendor with global shipments of 59.1 million units and 19 per cent market share, behind Samsung that had 71.9 million units shipment (23.1 per cent share), according to the research firm IDC.