Huawei to more than halve smartphone output in 2021

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Huawei Technologies has notified its suppliers that its smartphone component orders will fall by more than 60 per cent this year, Nikkei has learnt, as US sanctions continue to bite. Huawei has notified suppliers that it plans to order enough components for 70m to 80m smartphones this year, according to people at multiple suppliers. The range represents a more than 60 per cent decline from the 189m smartphones Huawei shipped last year. The company’s component orders have been limited to those for 4G models as it lacks US government permission to import components for 5G models. Some of the suppliers indicated that the figure could be lowered to about 50m units. The embattled Chinese tech giant last year fell to number three in the global smartphone industry, behind Samsung and Apple, according to research company IDC. Huawei is likely to lose further ground this year given the US export restrictions. Huawei declined to comment.