Apple tops Samsung in global phone shipments for first time since 2010
For the first time since 2010, a company not named Samsung is the smartphone market leader. For the first time, it’s also Apple on top. Despite anearly report from the International Data Corporation (IDC)revealing global smartphone shipments have declined 3.2% year-over-year to 1.7 billion units in 2023, Apple has taken Samsung’s long-stable spot. While a first for Apple, Samsung’s decade-plus run hasn’t technically been undisputed. For example, in 2020,Huawei briefly surpassed Samsungas the leading smartphone manufacturer in the second quarter and debatably might have stayed if not for theUS tightening trade restrictionswith China....