Samsung surpasses Apple in US smartphone market after three years

In a significant achievement, Samsung Electronics sold largest number of smartphones in the US in the third quarter of the year, beating its rival Apple for the first time in three years.

According to market researcher Strategy Analytics, Samsung accounted for 33.7 per cent in the US smartphone market in the July-September period, up 6.7 per cent points from a year earlier, reports Yonhap news agency.

Apple was the runner-up with a 30.2 per cent share, followed by South Korean smartphone maker LG Electronics with a 14.7 per cent share.

This is the first time since the second quarter of 2017 that Samsung topped the US smartphone market.