Apple and Huawei's Counter-Trends Define the Real Starting Line for the AI Phone War

I noticed an interesting detail: In Omdia’s Q2 data, the overall domestic smartphone market dropped by 2%, yet Huawei and Apple managed to surge against the trend. Huawei holds 23% share, and Apple shipped 12.4 million units. This can’t be explained simply by “high-end models selling well”—because other manufacturers were all declining during the same period. If you make short videos, this topic lights up right now: two brands with completely different styles stepped out to the same rhythm at the same market node. Why?