, Columnist
How to Break Apple and Samsung's Smartphone Grip
The Chinese giant has suffered a blow but can still be a player in the U.S.
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Americans are boringly predictable when it comes to smartphone shopping. Roughly three-quarters of Americans with smartphones own either a Samsung or Apple device. Every other mobile phone maker is competing for scraps.
Perhaps the company with the best shot at shaking things up, China's Huawei Technologies Co., has suffered a big blow to its ambitions to dislodge the Coke and Pepsi of the U.S. smartphone market.