Sales of Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are thought to have remained incredibly strong during the first calendar quarter of 2015, but that seemingly wasn’t enough to hold-Samsung and HTC back from showing some serious signs of life. Both Android phone makers posted their unaudited first-quarter results-early Tuesday morning, and both companies impressed investors with better-than-expected numbers. DON’T-MISS: iPhone 6 vs. Galaxy S6 edge: The results of these brutal drop tests may surprise you Samsung announced unaudited first-quarter profit that fell to $5.4 billion, down 31% from the year-ago quarter. The company’s revenue also slid from Q1 2014 to-$43.1 billion in the first quarter this year, down about 12%. Those are both good things, however. Considering how steeply

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