Samsung and Apple defend top two spots in the global smartphone market (AAPL)

Global smartphones sales continued to grow in the third quarter of 2017, and increased 3% from the same period last year according to data collected by Gartner. Global market leaders Samsung and Apple were able to defend the two top spots from Chinese competitors despite increased competition. As we can see in this chart from Statista, Samsung saw the most impressive quarter overall, with a whopping 19.3% increase in sales. According toGartner, the last time Samsung saw this type of growth was t...