Why Huawei’s market share in Egypt dropped in 2017

Huawei phones’ market share in Egypt during the second half of 2017 fell by 3% to 13.1% at the end of December compared to 15.9% at the end of June of the same year.

Samsung held the largest share of mobile phone sales in the Egyptian market by the end of last December, according to Statista.

Huawei came second in terms of sales of mobile phones in the Egyptian market despite losing about 3% of its market share.

An official at a smart phone producing company, who is not authorised to be named, said that strong competition was the main reason for the change in market share during the last six months of 2017, especially with the presence of OPPO, Tecno Mobile, and Infinix and Nokia’s return.

The source said Huawei suffered during the third and fourth quarters of this year and did not offer phones to attract the public until the end of the year with the Mate 10, which did not affect sales last year. He noted that the new series could contribute to restoring the company’s market share in Egypt.