Apple has best Q2 smartphone market share in 10 years

New research claims that even as global smartphone shipments have fallen, Apple's iPhone second quarter market share was its best since 2012.Apple reported record-breaking earnings for what is the third quarter in its fiscal year. That legally-mandated report, however, has no detail comparing the company to others and this is what new research from Strategy Analytics has concentrated on.During this same period — referred to as Q2 by Strategy Analytics — Apple reportedly came second in global market share with 16%. That equates to 48 million iPhones, compared to Samsung's 22% share, or 63 million phones. Read more...