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BBK – the world’s largest smartphone manufacturer

What is the name of the worldwide largest smartphone manufacturer? Samsung, Apple, Huawei? All wrong. The Chinese company BBK Electronics is virtually unknown to consumers, but it produces one out of four mobile phones worldwide. They are sold through a whole range of brands, including Oppo and Vivo.

Only a year ago, Huawei became the first Chinese company to leave all other smartphone manufacturers behind in terms of sales figures, at least for a short time. With a global market share of 20 percent, the company from Shenzhen in southern China had secured the top spot for the first time in the second quarter of 2020 – ahead of Samsung. What happened then is well known: US sanctions hit, and Huawei’s smartphone business collapsed relentlessly.

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