Huawei Technologies said it earned more than 880 billion yuan (about $127 billion) in 2025, becoming the top smartphone seller in China again for the first time since 2020. The company shared the update at the 2026 Guangdong High-Quality Development Conference. Huawei held a 16.4% share of China’s smartphone market, slightly ahead of Apple at 16.2%.
After facing U.S. sanctions that limited its access to advanced chips and Android services, Huawei’s phone business had slowed down. In 2025, the company made a strong comeback with new 5G smartphones powered by its own Kirin chips. These chips are made in China and helped Huawei reduce its need for foreign technology.
Huawei’s 2025 revenue of more than 880 billion yuan is its second-best year ever, just below its 2020 record of 891 billion yuan. While many reports say Huawei became the top smartphone brand in China with a 16.4% market share, different research firms show slightly different shipment numbers. This happens because companies like IDC and Counterpoint use different ways to count sales and deliveries. Even so, most trackers agree that Huawei led the China market in 2025.
Huawei also said that at least 43 large AI models in China are trained on its Ascend chips. However, there is no public third-party list that clearly names all these 43 models. The number comes from Huawei’s own statement. So, while the claim has been reported in the media, it has not been independently confirmed in detail.
The same situation applies to HarmonyOS. Huawei said that more than 40 million devices are running HarmonyOS 5 and 6, and that the system supports over 75,000 apps. These numbers are based on company data. There is no widely published independent report that confirms the exact number of active users. Also, a full detailed breakdown of Huawei’s total 2025 revenue by business segment has not yet been publicly shared, apart from the half-year report that showed profit fell because of heavy spending on research and development.
Even with higher revenue, Huawei’s net profit fell 32% in the first half of 2025. The drop happened because the company spent heavily on research and development. It invested 96.9 billion yuan in R&D to improve its chips, software, and cloud services. Overall revenue growth for the year was 2.2%, showing steady but slow improvement.
People on X reacted in a very positive way to Huawei’s announcement. When someone wrote, “That’s a big comeback,” they meant that Huawei’s return to the top of China’s smartphone market is impressive after facing many problems in the past few years. The comment shows that users see this as a strong recovery.
Another person wrote, “They deserve,” which shows support for Huawei’s hard work in building its own chips and system despite restrictions.
The tweet saying, “I can confidently say that I am buying the next HUAWEI flagship,” shows trust in the brand.
Huawei’s recovery shows that it has rebuilt much of its business inside China. By developing its own chips, operating system, and AI tools, the company has strengthened its position in a changing global tech market.
