More than 50 million Huawei smartphones have been shipped in 2013, according to the year-end internal mail by the company’s Consumer Business Group (source in Chinese). But there’s “a big room for improvement in profitability compared with industry leaders, Apple and Samsung”, the mail reads, and in brand, product quality, user experience, customer service, distribution/retailing, among others. Ascend P6, a flagship model launched in mid-2013, is a success “in both brand awareness and profits”. MediaQ set-top box, launched in September this year, sold well. The total annual revenues by the group is estimated to be more than USD9 billion, an 18% year-over-year increase.