by Babu Mohan on (#5A4TF)
Samsung's market share increased 6.7% YoY in Q3 2020, thanks to strong sales of its budget and mid-range phones.What you need to knowAccording to Strategy Analytics, Samsung was the No.1 smartphone brand in the U.S. in the third quarter of 2020.The last time Samsung held the first place in the U.S. smartphone market was in Q2 2017.Samsung achieved 33.7% market share in the U.S. in Q3 2020, up 6.7% compared to the same period last year.Last month, data from IDC revealed that Samsung regained the title of the world's largest smartphone vendor in the third quarter of the year, thanks to a 2.9% YoY growth in shipments. As per new data released by Strategy Analytics, Samsung was also successful in usurping the top spot from Apple in the U.S. smartphone market in the July-September period (via Korea Herald).According to the market research firm, Samsung captured 33.7% of the U.S. smartphone market in the third quarter of 2020, up 6.7% compared to the same period a year earlier....