Huawei First-Half Smartphone Sales Leap 39% on Premium Devices

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Huawei Technologies Co. increased first-half smartphone sales 39 percent as demand for high-end devices helped defy a slowdown in the Chinese market.

China’s largest maker of telecommunications equipment sold 48.2 million smartphones in the first six months of the year, according to an e-mailed statement Wednesday. Shipments of mid- and high-end devices surged 70 percent, the Shenzhen-based company said.