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Huawei, Xiaomi, Nokia, others pile in to exploit Samsung weakness

Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Gionee are in hot pursuit, while BlackBerry, Nokia announced retro models

Launch of Honor 5X and Honor Holly 2 Plus by Allen Wang, president of consumer business group, Huawei India, George Zhao, president of Honor and P Sanjeev, vice-president (sales), Huawei India, Consumer Business Group in New Delhi
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Launch of Honor 5X and Honor Holly 2 Plus by Allen Wang, president of consumer business group, Huawei India, George Zhao, president of Honor and P Sanjeev, vice-president (sales), Huawei India, Consumer Business Group in New Delhi

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Phonemakers are piling in to fill a gap in the market left by Samsung, still licking its wounds from a costly recall of its flagship Note 7 and with no key device of its own to launch at the telecom industry's biggest annual fair.

China's Huawei, the most likely contender to fill the hole in the premium end of the market, took the wraps off a new phone in its quest to displace Samsung as the world's no. 2 smartphone maker after Apple, during a rush of new product releases on Sunday ahead of this week's World Mobile Congress.

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