Huawei says shipped over 95 million smartphones globally in first half

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL], which overtook Apple Inc as the world’s second-largest smartphone vendor in the June quarter, said on Friday it shipped more than 95 million smartphones globally in the first six months.

FILE PHOTO: A man walks past a sign board of Huawei at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) Asia 2018 in Shanghai, China June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

Huawei said its wearables posted growth of 147 percent during the period from a year ago, and it plans to add another 10,000 retail stores around the world before the end of 2018.

Reporting by Sijia Jiang; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman

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