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I wouldn't discard Huawei, they are on par with Samsung.

Huawei is basically dead as a consumer brand after USA and EU went after them [0]. They've re-branded most of their consumer stuff as Xiaomi.

[0] https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/chinese-telecommunications-co...

Huawei has nothing to do with Xiaomi as far as I am aware. Yes same country of origin but that's all. Perhaps you can cite a reliable source to back up your claim?

In Europe, Huawei is still the third largest by market share, at ~15% [0]

[0] https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/europe

Wait, what? Are you trying to say Xiaomi is rebranded subset of Huawei?

I'm not the parent author but they're both state sponsored enterprise.

I can't speak about wherever they're rebrands though, you'd have to take all their phones apart to figure that out.

Shouldn't the government own the majority of the shares for it to be a state sponsored enterprise? Or does it just have to offer tax breaks and subsidies?

> Or does it just have to offer tax breaks and subsidies?

I wish the definition included this, there are so many shitty corporations which depend on subsidies and tax breaks but happily privatise every penny they can.

Did you mean their Honor brand instead of Xiaomi, which is an entirely different manufacturer?

I don't think EU ever targeted Huawei's consumer business. It's only the US for this exact one.

That's because the EU does not see China as a threat to its geopolitical and economic hegemony the way the US does.

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