Samsung, who recently bounced back successfully with their Galaxy S6 and S6 edge phones, are once again the top smartphone OEM, according to IDC. Despite a year-over-year drop in overall volume and market share, Samsung holds a 24.5% market share so far in 2015 on the back of 82.4 million smartphone shipments. Second to Samsung is Apple, naturally. The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus handset maker now has an 18.2% market share, having shipped 61.2 million smartphones last quarter.

Third on the list is Lenovo, who can rely on their Motorola brand to bolster these numbers. Worldwide, Lenovo has a 5.6% market share, shipping 18.8 million smartphones.

Huawei comes in fourth with a 5.0% market share, while LG rounds out the top five with a 4.6% share.
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