{
  "id": 2124462,
  "title": "Samsung and Apple are now neck and neck in Europe's declining smartphone market",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/samsung-and-apple-are-now-neck-and-neck-in-europes-declining",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-20T11:46:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AppleInsider",
    "slug": "appleinsider",
    "url": "https://appleinsider.com/articles/26/08/20/samsung-and-apple-are-now-neck-and-neck-in-europes-declining-smartphone-market"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "European sales of smartphones have reached a new three-year low, but Apple's iPhone has increased its share to now tie with Samsung. Apple's current iPhones. Globally, the most recent figures show that Apple has earned 49% of all smartphone revenue in the second quarter, despite the iPhone only accounting for 23% of shipments. New figures for solely the European region show an overall decline,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}