
Just a few years ago, Huawei was so pressured by U.S. trade blacklists that it offloaded its budget smartphone division. But the Chinese electronics giant is having a comeback with a buzzy return to the high-end phone market that's pulling consumer attention away from Apple's iPhone.
Now, Huawei may soon be on the verge of surpassing Apple in one metric, as its homegrown HarmonyOS operating system is poised to overtake Apple's iOS in China this year, according to the South China Morning Post citing a report from tech research firm TechInsights. (iOS and Android, the open-source OS primarily developed by Google, will continue to dominate the global market).