Get the latest tech news
Apple overtakes Samsung as world’s top smartphone seller | Apple
iPhone maker ends South Korean rival’s 12-year lead, as Xiaomi, Honor and Google divide Android market
Apple has overtaken Samsung as the world’s top smartphone seller, ending the Korean tech firm’s 12-year run as industry leader. Ben Wood, the chief analyst at the research firm CCS Insight, said the IDC data was a “psychological” blow to Samsung but he expected the contest to remain tight this year. IDC also pointed to an increasingly fragmented market for smartphones that run on the Android operating system, citing low-end Samsung rivals such as Transsion and Xiaomi as well as Honor and Google.
Or read this on r/apple
