{"id":1277972,"date":"2024-01-20T08:45:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T03:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1277972"},"modified":"2024-01-20T08:45:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-20T03:15:49","slug":"this-company-beats-samsung-to-become-worlds-1-smartphone-brand-samsungs-reign-ends-after-12-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/this-company-beats-samsung-to-become-worlds-1-smartphone-brand-samsungs-reign-ends-after-12-years\/","title":{"rendered":"This Company Beats Samsung To Become World&#8217;s #1 Smartphone Brand! 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