Apple Bests Samsung in Global Smartphone Sales
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Apple(NEW YORK) — Apple bested chief rival Samsung in global smartphone sales for the first time since 2011, selling nearly 75 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to research firm Gartner.
The larger-screened iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have fueled Apple’s surge to top phone-maker, now commanding 20.4 percent of the smartphone market.
Sales of Samsung phones lost 10 percent of the total market share from last year, falling to just below 20 percent of all smartphones.
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