Samsung leads smartphone market, despite global decline in Q1

Samsung currently leads the smartphone market globally with a 22 percent market share, whileApple and Chinese Xiaomi complete the top three spots with a 21 percent and 11 percent market share, respectively, a Canalys report shows.

The report, which gives a quarterly and yearly update on global smartphone shipment based on market demand and supply, noted that Samsung was the only vendor to achieve a quarter-on-quarter recovery and struggled back to number one with a 22 percent market share.