AFP, SAN FRANCISCOApple Inc was the world’s top smartphone seller in the final quarter of last year, seizing the crown from Samsung Electronics Co, market trackers said. South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung delivered about 69.4 million handsets as it slipped to the No. For the full year, overall smartphone sales were down about 1 percent despite an improving trend in the fourth quarter, IDC and Strategy Analytics surveys showed. IDC reported shipments of 368 million handsets last year compared with 373 million a year earlier — a third consecutive yearly decline. Separately, Apple is temporarily closing its 42 stores in mainland China, the company’s third-biggest market in terms of sales behind the US and Europe.

Source: Taipei Times February 02, 2020 15:56 UTC