Just proves the point that the vocal minority don’t represent real users.
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iPhone 16 Tops List of World's Best-Selling Smartphones in 2025
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Just proves the point that the vocal minority don’t represent real users.
That a16 5g rung a bell. It’s the phone i got for one of my friend’s neighbors who lost their phone. I wanted to get them a used 14 pro but my friend insisted they were used to android. I thought, how bad can it be and bought it but tested it before shipping it to them. OMG, how can a relatively recent yet brand new phone be this laggy?
So this is the experience a majority of users got from Samsung last year. It really is a race to the bottom in the android space.
So this is the experience a majority of users got from Samsung last year. It really is a race to the bottom in the android space.
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Interesting that the 17 Pro is not in the top 10. I had to wait a month to be able to get the 17 Pro base in Silver as it kept selling out on Amazon UK.
Edit - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-air-a-flop-17-pro-a-massive-hit.2476848/
It appears that in December 2025, the 17 Pro sold second to the Pro Max.
Edit - https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-air-a-flop-17-pro-a-massive-hit.2476848/
It appears that in December 2025, the 17 Pro sold second to the Pro Max.
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Yeah but no other single model cracked the top ten. For whatever it's worth.
Just something I personally like about the iOS platform. For better or worse, highly consistent.
Honestly, what are the alternatives? Phones with top tier hardware which is in many areas better than iPhones but ****** and buggy software with spyware, bloatware and such (Xiaomi and pretty much every Chinese manufacturer)? Or maybe phones with good software but crippled hardware? (Samsung and Google) There are unfortunately no alternatives, nothing beats the iPhone. After being an Android owner all my life I tried the iPhone and I am never going back
I bought an iPhone 16e last spring and couldn’t be happier. It does everything I need: make/receive calls (duh), occasional GPS use when I drive to new places, weather reports when I’m out, check emails, just basic stuff. And iOS Tahoe works perfectly. My phone is not a computer, I have a MBA M3, 15” at home for that.
Are iPhone 16 users still waiting for the AI features the ads promised them they’d get “later in the year”?
I was thinking of upgrading to the 16e from my SE2, but the inflated price put me off. I ended up getting an Apple refurbished 13 mini. Basically in an as new condition. I definitely don’t regret that. Same size as my old SE but bigger screeen and I wouldn’t want to lose the wide angle lens now.
iPhones continue to sell well every year. This year with the base 17 being an excellent phone, definitely expecting it to be the best seller in 2026. All the iPhones in the 17 series are great ones.
Or that there is just more people who want budget phones? The S25 ultra has a mouth watering price of like $1300 new or something before their deals. Got mine for $400.