After years, Samsung managed to surpass its main competitor in smartphone sales in the US market Apple. According to the latest report from Strategy Analytics, the South Korean tech giant "claimed" 33,7% of the market in the third quarter of this year, while the Cupertino tech giant's share was 30,2%.
Samsung's market share increased by 6,7% year-on-year. It last topped the US smartphone market more than three years ago, in the second quarter of 2017.
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While a company the size of Samsung can certainly afford not to be number one in every market in the world, every win in the US smartphone race certainly counts. The US is still by far the largest market for flagship mobile devices in the world.
However, this victory will most likely not last long, as the report describes the trends of the US mobile market before the release of the next generation of iPhones. On the other hand, Samsung will be able to take solace in the fact that it is delivering pro this year iPhone so many components that it can, with some exaggeration, compete with itself.
Then there's the fact that Samsung's new flagship series Galaxy S21 (S30) will likely hit the market earlier than usual, so the company may be able to na Apple push more than usual in the post-Christmas period, writes the website SamMobile.
