Did Apple top Samsung in the fourth quarter? Research firms differ

By increasing the size of the screen on the Apple iPhone 6 and Apple iPhone 6 Plus to 4.7-inches and 5.5-inches respectively, Apple went after the large-screened Android phones that were taking sales away from the company's iconic smartphone. The strategy worked perfectly, and it is Apple that has rebounded strongly with a calendar fourth quarter that saw it beat all Wall Street estimates with 74.5 million iPhones shipped from October through December.



Was it enough for Apple to become the global smartphone market share leader for the calendar fourth quarter? It depends on which research ...