Samsung Is World's Largest Smartphone Maker

Samsung has overtaken Apple (once again) to reclaim title of World's largest smartphone maker. Latest numbers from Strategy Analytics revealed that the company surpassed Apple in the first quarter of 2015.

Previously in the fourth quarter, both the companies tied after Apple matched Samsung with 74.5 million smartphones shipped, credits to iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

According to latest figures, Samsung shipped 83.2 million smartphones in the first quarter, compared to Apple that managed to trail at second position by shipping 61.2 million smartphones.

Lenovo-Motorola finished a distant third with 18.8 million smartphones shipped, followed by Huawei at 17.3 million and 164.5 million smartphones shipped by other vendors.

Despite its first place finish, Samsung's global share of the smartphone market dropped to 24.1% in the first quarter of 2015 compared to 31.2% in the year-ago quarter. On the other hand, Apple's global smartphone market grew marginally to 17.7% in Q1 2015 compared to 15.3% in Q1 2014.

However, a point worth noting is that Samsung's smartphone lineup is much larger than the iPhone lineup, with at least a half-dozen current-generation devices available compared to only a handful of iPhones.