Apple finished 2025 as the world’s top smartphone brand, extending its lead over Samsung as global phone shipments grew overall.

At last week's CES 2026, Samsung briefly showcased a creaseless foldable OLED panel beside the Galaxy Z Fold 7 – a screen that, according to SamMobile who saw it before it disappeared, had "no crease at all" compared to Samsung's current hardware.

Increasing memory costs are likely to see the smartphone market contract this year, but both Apple and Samsung are believed to have the supply chain capabilities needed to ride out the storm. Samsung makes its own memory, and Apple uses its market power to achieve competitive pricing and secure supply well in advance of its needs.

Apple reportedly has plans to adopt Samsung’s 200MP camera tech for the 2028 iPhone lineups. Alphabet notched a market capitalization of roughly $4 trillion on Thursday. investors braced for another labor data update and grappled with President Trump's salvos on defense and Venezuela.

India is weighing new cybersecurity rules that would require smartphone makers to grant the government access to source code and make software changes, prompting quiet resistance from major technology companies including Apple (AAPL) and Samsung (SSNLF),

Apple has stationed executives in South Korean hotels near Samsung and SK Hynix factories. The iPhone maker is desperately trying to secure long-term .

Fast. Responsive. Seamless. And finally, on sale for less than the Apple Watch Ultra. See Also After a month of wearing an Apple Watch and Garmin Forerunner, I’m sticking with the unlikely suspect That’s how users are describing the Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra.

The Galaxy S26 Ultra figures to be Samsung's premium flagship when it debuts this year. But can it top the value that the iPhone 17 Pro provides?