# Apple Just Dethroned Samsung For World's Best-Selling Smartphones

> Apple just overtook Samsung as the world's biggest smartphone brand, leapfrogging the Korean giant in terms of annual sales figures in 2025.

- **Source:** [SlashGear](https://www.slashgear.com/2074894/apple-vs-samsung-2025-smartphone-sales/?utm_source=gearopen.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=feed&utm_content=696691df488b8cbf7c174e00)
- **Published:** 2026-01-13
- **Category:** Phones
- **Tags:** #smartphones #samsung #xiaomi #iphone #apple #world #dethroned #sales
- **Canonical:** http://localhost:4321/a/696691df488b8cbf7c174e00

---

_GearOpen's distilled summary. The full original article is published at SlashGear (source link above); GearOpen does not republish the source's full text._