To be fair, the profit Samsung is reporting isn't limited to their Android phones. From the article:

> Samsung's estimated $5.2bn haul from both its basic models and smartphones in the same period.

I don't thing profits on just their smartphones beat Apple's iPhone profits, even though their global marketshare is over twice that of Apple's, according to the same article. It may happen, and probably will, given time, it just hasn't happened yet.