{"id":14892,"date":"2013-02-01T21:02:42","date_gmt":"2013-02-01T21:02:42","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2013-02-01T21:02:42","modified_gmt":"2013-02-01T21:02:42","slug":"Apple-snatches-US-lead-from-Samsung","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=14892","title":{"rendered":"Apple snatches US lead from Samsung"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Apple took leadership of the US mobile phone market from Samsung for the first time in the last three months of 2012, according to an analyst firm.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Despite its premium pricing, the launch of the iPhone 5 helped Apple to end Samsung\u2019s four-year run as the most popular mobile phone maker in the US, Strategy Analytics said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Its report comes amid growing concern on Wall Street about Apple\u2019s future growth and its ability to stave off cheaper competition from smartphones powered by Google\u2019s Android operating system. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Helped by strong demand 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