According to Strategy Analytics research, Apple's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus managed to easily keep Samsung's Galaxy S8 and S8+ at bay in Q2 sales.

Huawei probably needs a little more time to exceed Apple in yearly global smartphone shipments, but when it comes to quarterly figures, change is near.

More than a month after the Galaxy S8's launch, Samsung is back in the lead in the US smartphone market. But Apple is still extremely close.

It's been a bittersweet second quarter for industry leaders Samsung and Apple in global smartphone sales, as a trio of underdogs threatens the duopoly.

Xiaomi was the unquestionable star of Q2 2017 smartphone sales in India, inching closer to market leader Samsung and widening the gap to Vivo.

Huawei managed to win the Chinese smartphone wars for the second consecutive quarter, with OPPO, Vivo, Xiaomi and Apple also ranked in the top five.

There's little to be happy about in Google's latest Android distribution report. Nougat has crossed the 10-percent milestone, but it still trails KitKat.

It's still premature to judge the long-term success of the Galaxy S8 duo, but Samsung's latest flagships didn't get off to the greatest start stateside.

The latest Android distribution numbers are in, and of course, Nougat still trails behind new pack leader Marshmallow and silver medalist Lollipop.

Flipkart is the absolute place to go, according to Counterpoint Research. But that doesn't mean everyone's fighting for more market share.

Can you believe the little-known (in the West) OPPO R9s was the world's third most popular Q1 2017 smartphone, behind the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus only?

According to ScientiaMobile, Apple has taken 18 slots in the top five sets of the six major continents. Samsung has taken ten.

It's the V20 for 20 percent! LG hits another record in market take-up in the US this past quarter, according to new data from Strategy Analytics.

Make this four years plus of losses for Apple. What for? The number of tablets shipped in a quarter. It still has a heady lead against number two Samsung.

Apple is still the uncontested leader of worldwide tablet sales, even as iPads take a big dive from 10.3 to 8.9 million units YoY in Q1 2017.

Apple is the new world leader in wearable device sales, according to Strategy Analytics, narrowly beating Xiaomi in Q1 2017, with Fitbit third overall.

We may finally see Nougat break into double-digit Android distribution territory...next month. For now, 7.0 and 7.1's combined share is 7.1 percent.

It's no surprise that Samsung easily dominated overall smartphone shipments in India during Q1, but the OEM also won gold in premium and selfie segments.

The global smartphone market is still growing, according to IDC, albeit at a slower pace than a few years ago, with Chinese OEMs as top performers.

The Chinese scene is still growing year-on-year. Huawei and OPPO are trading leads while the rest of the top five swivel in their seats.

Unsurprisingly, Android continues to dominate every important smartphone market, according to Kantar Worldpanel research, from China to US to Spain.

Samsung had no problem beating Apple in Q1 2017 global smartphone sales, even with the Galaxy S7 duo out of fashion and the S8 unreleased by March.

This month in Android distribution news: Nougat continues its slow rise to Jelly Bean-beating numbers, while Lollipop is still number one.