Honor overtakes Samsung to claim top spot in west Europe’s foldable smartphone market

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Chinese smartphone brand Honor surpassed Samsung Electronics to become the No 1 foldable-handset maker in western Europe, according to data from industry consultancy Counterpoint Research.

Honor – a spin-off from Huawei Technologies – took that crown for the first time in the second quarter. Western Europe is the second-largest foldable handset market after China and a fierce battleground for players including Motorola, Oppo, OnePlus and Google, according to a new Counterpoint report.

Honor, which launched its popular book-style Magic V2 outside China last September, saw its global foldable shipments grow 455 per cent in the second quarter, the largest year-on-year rise among all brands, the report showed.

The Shenzhen-based smartphone maker is set to debut the next-generation Magic V3 internationally this week, after introducing the model in China in July. Measuring 9.8mm thick when folded, the V3 is touted by Honor as the world’s slimmest foldable smartphone.

Globally, Honor’s crosstown rival Huawei remained the largest foldable-handset brand for the second consecutive quarter based on strong performance in the China market, according to another report by Counterpoint.

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