Despite U.S. supply chain ban, Huawei continues to grow handset shipments - Android

Huawei continues to surprise those who expected the Chinese manufacturer to go into a death spiral because of its placement on the U.S. Commerce Department's Entity List. Placed on the list for security reasons, the company is banned from buying components and software from its U.S. supply chain. While some American tech firms have found ways around the ban, Google has not allowed Huawei to license its version of Android for the outfit's most recent phones.

While being forced to use an open-source version of Android without access to Google's key apps like Maps, Search, ...