Huawei smartphones record 300% sales growth in 1H, 2015

Shipments of Huawei smartphone to Sri Lanka at the end of October 2015 had increased by 140% Year-on-Year (YOY) according to the latest South East Asian market report.

Huawei Sri Lanka reported in September that it has achieved an increase of 300% in sales growth in 1H, FY15, making it the best year in terms of sales since its launch in 2012.

As at end October 2015 the South East Asia region overall smartphone shipment increased by 30% YOY.

Country Head, Huawei Device Sri Lanka, Henry Liu said, "This is an exciting time for all at Huawei and consumers in Sri Lanka. We will continue to focus more on our service offering and work with our exclusive distributorship Singer to reach all our fans around the country".

"We would like to thank stakeholders, including Singer Sri Lanka and our team in Sri Lanka for achieving such a feat within three years of setting up operations in Sri Lanka," he said.

Huawei is striving to achieve a goal of $20 billion in sales by manufacturing 100 million smartphones. The company is strategically investing in new areas including smart wearable devices and smart home.

With its advantage in mobile broadband connection, Huawei aims at providing better and smarter service to consumers by identifying opportunities of Internet of Vehicles and Internet of Things, combining big data with cloud service and setting up the 'hardware+software+service' business model.

Last month Huawei hired Abigail Sarah Brody, Apple's former creative director to take on the role of chief user experience designer and oversee the interface design aspect for Huawei products which will provide the best user experience to consumers.