Counterpoint: Huawei sold 1.6 million Mate 60 Pro phones in six weeks

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizen Jiayi for your clue delivery! CTOnews.com, October 20 (Xinhua) according to the latest data from Counterpoint Research, Huawei Technology Co., Ltd. sold 1.6 million Mate 60 Pro phones within six weeks of its release.

Counterpoint said Huawei's Mate 60 Pro contributed 400,000 units in the two weeks after Apple launched the iPhone 15 series of phones. "the phone has always been in demand," said Ivan Lam, a senior analyst at the agency. "it was sold out as soon as it arrived, and it looked as if it had been out of stock for a long time."

Meanwhile, sales of Apple's iPhone 15 series models fell 4.5% compared with the iPhone 14 in the first 17 days of launch, but the agency did not provide specific figures.

In addition, Apple's new iPhone 15 has not sold as expected in China, reflecting continued weak consumer demand and the rise of competitors such as Huawei, according to a recent study by Bloomberg analysts.

Jefferies analyst Edison Lee and others said Huawei had overtaken Apple in overall sales due to the unexpected debut of the Mate 60 Pro. They believe Huawei has overtaken Apple to become the best-selling smartphone maker in Greater China and predict that the trend will continue until 2024.

CTOnews.com had previously reported that an earlier Counterpoint Research analysis showed that global smartphone sales fell 8% year-on-year in the third quarter of this year, the worst performance in a decade.

However, Glory, Huawei and Chuanyin were among the few brands with year-on-year growth in the third quarter, with Huawei benefiting from the launch of the Mate 60 series in China and Glory's growth thanks to strong overseas performance. The brand continues to expand while benefiting from the recovery in the Middle East and Africa.

According to Counterpoint's forecasts, shipments of the global smartphone market will fall for the whole of 2023, reaching the lowest level in a decade.