Apple overtakes Samsung to become the world’s top smartphone seller
Apple’s smartphone shipments rose by 22% in the fourth quarter
It shipped 90.1 million units of smartphones last quarter
Reported a record $111.4 billion revenue last year, thanks to holiday quarter sales
Samsung, on the other hand, sold 73.9 million devices in the last quarter
Huawei, which was second earlier, fell to the fifth position due to sanctions imposed by the US
The findings were coined by International Data Corporation