WASHINGTON - Samsung extended its lead in the global smartphone market over Apple in the second quarter, gaining from the launch of its updated flagship handsets, surveys showed Thursday. IDC said overall smartphone sales rose 0.3 percent to 343.3 million units, while the second survey showed a one percent rise to 340 million. A separate survey by Strategy Analytics had a similar estimate, with Samsung at 22.8 percent to 11.9 percent for Apple. South Korea's Samsung delivered 77 million smartphones in the second quarterThe South Korean giant delivered 77 million smartphones in the quarter, up 5.5 percent from a year ago, for a market share of 22.4 percent, research firm IDC said. That compared with a 15 percent drop in sales for Apple's iPhones, which accounted for 11.8 percent, IDC said.

Source: Bangkok Post July 28, 2016 16:41 UTC