Apple gains market share despite global slowdown in smartphone sales<article>
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Samsung lost ground to Apple in the worldwide smartphone market for the second quarter of 2015, as the overall growth rate for sales of the devices slowed.</p><p>
Buoyed by purchases of large-size iPhones, Apple’s share of global smartphone sales increased to 14.6 percent during the quarter compared to 12.2 percent a year earlier, Gartner said Thursday. Sales of iPhones totaled 48 million during the second quarter compared to 35 million in the year-ago quarter.</p><p>
Meanwhile, Samsung’s share slipped to 21.9 percent from 26.2 percent during 2014’s second quarter. Though the company managed to sell more phones in the second quarter than it did a year earlier, 76 million compared to 72 million, it did not keep up with Apple’s growth.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2974005/phones/apple-increase-gains-market-share-despite-global-slowdown-in-smartphone-sales.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple gains market share despite global slowdown in smartphone sales
