Look at the last six quarters for Samsung in this chart, in the article ... :-) ...
Analysts say Apple has beaten Samsung to become world’s largest smartphone vendor
http://www.theverge.com/2015/1/29/7937177/apple-beats-samsung-smartphone-share
Apple finally made a phone similar to Samsung’s big screen Galaxys (something Jobs would never have allowed) and Apple is bragging that they have “beaten Samsung”.
Huh?
“Copy Samsung” is more like it.