Apple and Samsung may be out of the court room with all the patent disputes, but it seems that both companies continue to compete at something. For the longest time, Samsung has overshadowed Apple in smartphone sales, and that does make sense since Samsung serves every single market segment, while Apple only focuses on the higher-end. That being said, even with all the logic behind Samsung’s success, it seems that reality is about to change very soon.
Both Strategy Analytics and even the IDC are already revealing their worldwide smartphone figures, and it turns out that Samsung’s leadership is already tied by none-other than Apple. Apple’s 74.5 million units sold is factual data provided by Cupertino in its recent quarter results, while Samsung’s data is an estimate since the company has stopped providing mobile sales figures for years now. The next smartphone vendor on the list is Lenovo and its combo with Motorola, which barely reached a third of the sales that both Apple and Samsung reached.
Sadly we won’t have a way to confirm factual figures from Samsung, but this does show that both companies are head to head for the lead. Just keep in mind that these are Q4 figures, where Apple sold tons of iPhones. This number can change dramatically as Samsung launches another smartphone within the next period or two.
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