https://www.cnet.com/news/huawei-sets-new-goals-to-overtake-samsung-and-apple/

To achieve its top goal of becoming the No. 1 smartphone manufacturer, the Chinese smartphone giant has to come up with strategies to overtake Samsung and Apple, which are currently the first- and second-largest manufacturers in the world, according to IDC's data.  

Huawei has knocked Apple off of its second-place seat before. In the second quarter of 2018, the Huawei became the second-largest manufacturer with 54 million shipped handsets in the quarter, though Huawei's products aren't sold in the US. But Huawei hasn't been able to take down Samsung so far.