As Apple sales dip , Samsung continues to climb . While Apple was on its way to the company 's first profit decline in almost a decade during the first three months of the year , Samsung 's net profit grew 42 percent in the same period to 7.2 trillion won -- about $ 6.5 billion U.S. -- from 5 trillion won a year earlier . In first three quarters of 2015 , Apple sales dipped for first time in a decade . During same period , Samsung 's sales were up 42 percent . Apple has made bigger , and cheaper products ; Samsung makes a variety .
As Apple sales dip , Samsung continues to climb . In first three quarters of 2015 , Apple sales dipped for first time in a decade . During same period , Samsung 's sales were up 42 percent . Apple has made bigger , and cheaper products ; Samsung makes a variety .