Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. may launch its flagship Galaxy S smartphones more than a month earlier than expected in a bid to grab market share from Huawei and fend off competition from Apple Inc., three sources familiar with the matter said.
Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. once challenged Samsung’s top position in the global smartphone market, but the Chinese rival is in survival mode as U.S. restrictions choke off its supplies of chips used in smartphones and telecom equipment.
