Apple tops Samsung in global smartphone shipments for first time in 2023

Apple led smartphone shipments in 2023, stripping Samsung of its long-held leading position in the market, the International Data Corporation (IDC) said Monday.

Preliminary data from the firm’s Worldwide Quarter Mobile Phone Tracker showed the iPhone maker made shipments of 234.6 million units last year. That marked a 3.7% year-over-year increase from 2022, when IDC reported 226.3 million shipments by th