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The South Korean smartphone giant shipped 83.2 million smartphone units worldwide in the first quarter of 2015, while Apple could manage to ship 61.2 million units. Samsung managed to ship around 10 percent more when compared to the last quarter, but lower than the same period last year, when Samsung managed to ship around 89 million smartphones.
Neil Mawston, Executive Director of Strategy Analytics, said, “Samsung continued to face challenges in Asia and elsewhere, but its global performance has stabilized sufficiently well this quarter to overtake Apple and recapture first position as the world's largest smartphone vendor by volume.“
The release of two new high-end smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge must have helped this cause. However, it would be interesting to see how the Samsung plans to improve in the low-end and mid-range smartphone segment where most of the smartphone growth lies in the near future. During its earnings call, Samsung stated that it would streamline its lineup to tap into the growth of low to mid-range smartphone segment.
Asif is a computer engineer turned technology journalist. He has been using Samsung phones since 2004, and his current smartphone is the Galaxy S21 Ultra. He loves headphones, mechanical keyboards, and PC hardware. When not writing about technology, he likes watching crime and science fiction movies and TV shows.
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