Who has sold more phones Samsung or Apple?

Apple has sold more phones than Samsung, but I just thought of sharing an interesting trivia here (I read it around the launch of the IPhoneX). According to analyst firm Counterpoint, Apple is expected to sell 130 million iPhone X over the next two years, which would give Samsung close to $14 billion in additional revenue (because Samsung makes the screen and related components). read more

Samsung's Galaxy brand and Apple's iPhone are ubiquitous. Combined, the firms produced more than one-third of all smartphones sold globally in the second quarter, according to research firm IDC. In terms of total numbers, Samsung's Galaxy brand has sold more units, but it's not as simple as it may otherwise appear. Apple's iPhone 6s. read more

Apple sold 74.8 million iPhones during the fourth quarter of 2014 to achieve its best quarter ever and give it a 20.4 percent share of worldwide smartphone sales, Gartner reported. Over the same period, Samsung's share of the smartphone market, on sales of 73 million units, plummeted to 19.9 percent from 29.5 percent. read more