Data from Q4 2012 has revealed that for the first time ever, Apple overtook Samsung as the top US mobile phone maker.
Strategy Analytics stated that following its debut of the iPhone 5 in September last year, Apple shipped an estimated 17.7 million handsets in the US, scoring a market share of 34 per cent.
Meanwhile, Samsung slipped into second place, shipping 16.8 million devices with a market share just shy of its arch rival, managing 32 per cent.
Both firms showed healthy gains on the previous year however, with Apple building from the 25 per cent market share it held in 2011.