New TCL smartphones launched at Mobile World Congress Chinese consumer electronics vendor TCL has launched three new handsets to be distributed by Eurostar Global Electronics from next month. They are the TCL306, TCL30SE, and TCL30. Eurostar Global managing director Peter Carnall (pictured) said: “We’re really pleased to be able to build on our relationship with
Paul Lipscombe
December 4, 2020
Challengers like China’s Xiaomi and Oppo are staking a claim for a top-three slot globally. How will it pan out?
The battle for positions in the global smartphone arena has changed significantly over the past 18 months.
Huawei was previously tipped by many industry analysts to take top spot from Samsung long-term, with the success of handsets such as its P20, P30 and Mate 20 range shaking up the smartphone space and challenging the dominance of Samsung and Apple.
But the Chinese vendor’s momentum hit a bump in May 2019, when the Trump Administration placed the vendor on the so- called Entity List in the US.