Huawei sanctions hoist Apple back up to second place in smartphone shipments

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The iPhone maker still hasn’t caught up to Samsung, but it overtook the Chinese device giant. Apple has now overtaken Huawei in smartphone shipments, reclaiming the second spot in the world for 2020, according to Canalys and Counterpoint Research reports. Samsung remains the top seller when measured by the number of units shipped around the globe. The next three smartphone shipments places are held by Xiaomi, Oppo, and Vivo, said the Counterpoint report. This new ranking is the direct result of the wide-reaching sanctions put into place against Huawei and…

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