Huawei’s share of the global smarphone market has risen to 8.5% following its strongest launch ever, the P9. Samsung has announced the acquisition of cloud vendor Joyent to accelerate its push into mobile and IoT (Internet of Things) services. The two pieces of news, which emerged on the same day, are clearly part of the same picture. The smartphone market’s growth is slowing, but a few Chinese vendors are succeeding in bucking the trend and increasing their market share. Both trends are putting intense pressure on the established handset giants, notably Samsung, which is seeking growth elsewhere, by expanding into services, software and IoT devices. Samsung’s track record in software and services is far less impressive than in hardware and…