A possible semiconductor shortage looms over Huawei’s new smartphone launch
It's not clear if Huawei will be able to obtain the chips it needs to produce phones in the future, and that unknown could hurt the company's market share in and outside China, its largest market, said Neil Shah, analyst at Counterpoint. Huawei declined to comment.
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