LONDON (May 5, 2020) — Huawei overtook Samsung to take the leading position in the Russian smartphone market in the second half of 2019, as consumers flocked to purchase the Chinese telecommunications firm’s affordable handsets. During the second half of 2019, Huawei shipped 5.4 million smartphones to Russia, a dramatic 145 percent increase from 2.2 million in the second half of 2018, according to the new Omdia report, Smartphone Market Report – Russia – H1 2019.