Huawei CEO Richard Yu shared his views on what the state of the mobile communications market would be like in 2022 if the US did not impose sanctions on the company.According to Yu, “Without US intervention and pressure, Huawei and Apple could have been the world's largest mobile phone manufacturers.”The CEO of Huawei's Consumer Electronics Group has commented on South Korean Samsung without distinguishing it from the rest and unifying it with all its other competitors.“Others are small manufacturers, including the Korean company;It can be sold mainly in the US and South Korean markets.”said Richard Yu.“Korean company” apparently meant Samsung.As PhoneArena points out, it took years for Huawei to catch up with Samsung in the smartphone market.Just when the company could surpass Samsung, its growth in the smartphone market was hit by US sanctions.In April 2020, the Chinese manufacturer briefly surpassed Samsung in the global smartphone market.Thanks to strong sales in China, Huawei has surpassed Samsung in terms of market share.According to Counterpoint Research, the company took a 19% share of the global mobile phone market, while Samsung had a 17% market share.By the way, Huawei is also ahead of the curve when it comes to patents.The company, which held an event in Shenzhen, China in late 2021, said that it has more than 200,000 patents there worldwide.The company also confirmed that over the past five years, more than 2 billion smartphones have been licensed for Huawei patents related to 4G and 5G communication technologies.In addition, it equips more than 8 million connected cars each year as part of the 4G/5G patent race.On the other hand, Song Liuping, the company's general counsel, said that Huawei's R&D investment reached 142.7 billion yuan in 2021, accounting for 22.4% of the company's annual revenue.Subscribe to the Technoblog YouTube channel for quality and informative technology videos