Apple beats Samsung to become the world's No. 1 smartphone company

By statistics,it has being established that Apple beats samsung in the world phone vendor.

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple reclaimed the throne as the world's top smartphone seller for the first time in five years on Tuesday, beating out rival Samsung in units shipped for the holiday quarter and boosting revenues with a strong evidence.
Apple overtook Samsung as the world's top smartphone vendor at the end of 2016. Strategy Analytics said The iPhone captured 18 percent of the global market in the December quarter. Apple reported 78.3 million iPhones sold in the fourth quarter, snapping a three-quarter streak of iPhone unit sales declines. The global smartphone market, has been sluggish in recent years, but recovered some due to stronger demand in developing markets like China and Africa.