Huawei's third quarter in China was absolutely mind-blowing - Android

Because it is banned from accessing its U.S. supply chain, Huawei might not close out this year as the number one smartphone manufacturer in the world as it had hoped. It also had to lower the number of handsets it hoped to ship this year by 10%; it is now , down from the 300 million it planned for at the beginning of the year. Don't get us wrong; by all measures Huawei has had a spectacular year in light of the problems it has faced and continues to face.

The big issue is the inability of Huawei to license the Google Play services version of Android. This means ...