Samsung Dethrones Apple as Top Smartphone Maker as iPhone Sales Dip
• Samsung overtakes Apple as top phonemaker in Q1 2024, capturing 20.8% market share vs Apple's 17.3% • Samsung shipped over 60 million phones in Q1, while Apple shipped 50.1 million iPhones, a 10% drop year-over-year • Global smartphone shipments increased 7.8% to 289.4 million units in Q1 2024 • Apple phone shipments in China fell 2.1% in Q4 2023 compared to previous year • News comes as Apple is laying off 614 CA workers after scrapping electric car project