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Samsung overtakes Apple to become the best-selling phone maker in the US

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By Daniel Petrov

Updated: Jul 02, 2015, 4:27 AM

Samsung overtakes Apple to become the best-selling phone maker in the US

The world's most popular mobile OS is Android, and Samsung is its prophet - so would begin the recap of our smartphone industry times a few decades from now. We kid, but Samsung is indeed selling more than anyone else in the Android world - out of roughly 257 millions sold with Google's mobile OS last quarter, Samsung accounted for about 82 million.

Be that as it may, have you wondered which markets are contributing most to Samsung's popularity and share of the market pie? Well, it turns out that these are none other than the good ol' USA, as well as the home turf of Southeast Asia - a real shocker. The US is Apple's homeland, so in Q3 of last year the iPhones dominated, as that was the first quarter of the new models release. Between March and May this year, however, the tide had turned, and it is Samsung going for the gold with the fresh Galaxy S6/S6 edge duo leading the way.

Mid-period, in April, the iPhone 6 was still the most popular handset in the U.S, followed by the inertia of the S5. In May, however, the S6 stepped on the throttle, and delivered a first place to Samsung for the period, according to data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, released yesterday. Samsung's next stronghold is Southeast Asia, where it sold 5.5 million phones in the first quarter.

source: BusinessKorea

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Daniel, a devoted tech writer at PhoneArena from 2010 to 2025, has been engrossed in mobile technology since the Windows Mobile era. His expertise spans mobile hardware, software, and carrier networks, and he's keenly interested in the future of digital health, car connectivity, and 5G. Beyond his professional pursuits, Daniel finds balance in travel, reading, and exploring new tech innovations, while contemplating the ethical and privacy implications of our digital future.