iPhone Remained World's Most Popular Smartphone Last Quarter

[MacRumors]

iPhone remained the world's most popular smartphone by a significant margin last quarter, according to research firm Strategy Analytics.

iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus were the two most popular models specifically, with an estimated 21.5 million and 17.4 million shipments respectively.

Chinese brand OPPO's flagship R9 smartphone trailed in third with an estimated 8.9 million shipments, while Samsung's mid-range Galaxy J3 and J5 rounded off the top five with an estimated 6.1 million and 5 million shipments respectively. Other brands combined for an estimated 294.4 million smartphone shipments.

Apple reported that it sold 50.8 million iPhones last quarter, but it does not break out sales on a model-by-model basis.

Strategy Analytics' estimates suggest the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus accounted for roughly 76.5 percent of Apple's smartphone sales last quarter, with the remaining 23.5 percent of sales derived from older models. The data also suggests a 55/45 percent sales split for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus respectively.

In late January, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the iPhone 7 Plus is the most popular Plus-sized iPhone that Apple has ever sold, topping both the iPhone 6s Plus and iPhone 6 Plus. Last week, he added that Apple significantly underestimated iPhone 7 Plus demand, resulting in a shortage of the device for several months.

iPhone was the world's most popular smartphone last year as well, according to research firm IHS Markit.

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[ArtOfWarfare]

My wife got a 6, I got a 6+. She mentioned that next time around, she'll be getting a + as well.

Once you try +, you don't go back. In the long term, I expect the + will outsell the other by a healthy margin, as more people are exposed to and able to try it.

 

[Guy Clark]

As always conflicting statistics depending on the source. Go to sites such as ZDNet and the story is quite different where Samsung have the upper hand.

Not of course there is any bias at all.

 

[CausticSoda]

My wife got a 6, I got a 6+. She mentioned that next time around, she'll be getting a + as well.

Once you try +, you don't go back. In the long term, I expect the + will outsell the other by a healthy margin, as more people are exposed to and able to try it.

Well, I got a 6+ and swapped it for a 6! Horses for courses...

 

[44267547]

My wife got a 6, I got a 6+. She mentioned that next time around, she'll be getting a + as well.

Once you try +, you don't go back. In the long term, I expect the + will outsell the other by a healthy margin, as more people are exposed to and able to try it.

The Plus model is what Apple wants the consumer to purchase. It's the more larger, expensive model, but to me, it offers a lot in terms of the extra battery, 1080 P display, and the dual camera was the biggest differentiation For the 7/7 Plus this year.

And Apple's marketing has been heavily geared towards the Plus this year as well.

 

[djcerla]

This is why you can buy every. kind. of. accessory. if you have an iPhone. A huge ecosystem advantage.

 

[Carnegie]

As always conflicting statistics depending on the source. Go to sites such as ZDNet and the story is quite different where Samsung have the upper hand.

Not of course there is any bias at all.

Does a different source estimate global smartphone sales by model and have a non-iPhone model at the top?

If so, I would be interested to know which model.

 

[winston1236]

This is why you can buy every. kind. of. accessory. if you have an iPhone. A huge ecosystem advantage.

I'm curious to know what accessory is exclusive to the iPhone?

 

[62tele]

As always conflicting statistics depending on the source. Go to sites such as ZDNet and the story is quite different where Samsung have the upper hand.

I just checked zdnet and found nothing to conflict with that report. Further, a search of Google didn't turn up anything either. Regardless, it doesn't matter. Apple's iPhone sales are producing profits unrivaled by others. It's iPhone versus the undifferentiated Android devices. Many use the term "iPhone" to generically refer to smartphones. No other device has that cachet.

 

[lowendlinux]

Shock and Ya'll..

It'll be news when the iPhone isn't the best selling single model..

 

[autrefois]

This chart shows that the iPhone 7 and the 7 Plus are both selling infinitely better than they were in Q1 of last year! That ought to shut up the "Apple is doomed" folks.

 

[KdParker]

This will only increase if the iPhone 8 has the features that have been rumored.

 

[Zirel]

The best sold Apple phone costs $649 for the base 32GB model

The best sold Samsung phone costs $92 for the base 8GB model

No wonder Samsung sells more phones than Apple...

Units are not comparable at all!

What's the point of selling many cheap phones? It is clear that Android OEMs cannot make it back in volume, because Google and Spotify are the ones taking advantage of Android's volume and not the OEMs. Google's not even taking that much of advantage of volume, because their store, with 85% of the marketshare of devices only makes 50% of what Apple makes, and YouTube Red, Google Play Music, etc. have been failures.

What's really interesting is that the Chinese can sell a more expensive phone than Samsung, the Oppo R9s costs $499! What a world, where a company that lives of the shade of Android being open source (no Google Play in China), can convince people to spend much more money than Samsung can! So many engineers, such a big company, so much money spent on advertising, and the result is selling a product like this:

print screen windows 7certificity.com

Their own costumers rate it 1.5 stars / 5!

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

As always conflicting statistics depending on the source. Go to sites such as ZDNet and the story is quite different where Samsung have the upper hand.

Not of course there is any bias at all.

This one appears to be catered to "our" needs for Apple to be #1 in rankings. It appears to be by individual model of phone, whereas other such surveys are based on which companies sell the most smart phones (of which Samsung tends to dominate by far). Another variation of this survey to feed the Apple fans would be "which phones are most profitable?" where Apple will win as well. Either are great for those that have a need to see Apple ranked #1 in a list.

 

[Nunyabinez]

Those phones are hideous! There's no way Apple will release something like that. Wait, what's that you say? Oh, these aren't renderings? OMG, those are beautiful!

 

[dominiongamma]

I'm curious to know what accessory is exclusive to the iPhone?

Lighting charger is a good place to start... AirPods... it goes on and on.

 

[HobeSoundDarryl]

Those phones are hideous! There's no way Apple will release something like that. Wait, what's that you say? Oh, these aren't renderings? OMG, those are beautiful!

Wrong thread?

But oh so true.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

If we are being honest, this is a worthless marketing metric. iPhone really had no competition last quarter, esp. with new Galaxy 8 on the horizon. This does not take anything away from iPhone, just that, well, duh.

What is of interest here is that the OPPO, which isn't marketed worldwide, has 8% marketshare. That is the marketshare Apple is trying so hard to lure in China. If Apple can whittle that number down that would be news.

 

[mi7chy]

Typical paid-for marketing disguised as research that cherry picks data and presents it in a way to benefit the payer.

Without the marketing spin both iPhone shipments combined is only 11% of total while Others is 83% of total. And, listing devices that haven't shipped is highly questionable.

 

[adepew]

I wonder why the OPPO is the third most sold smartphone last quarter...

 

[Born Again]

so by this logic apple is the bestest?

really was this news worthy as my dumb post

 

[macfacts]

Not really surprising, the iPhone came out late last year, so of course sales of it are strong in the following quarter. Samsung s8 wasn't even released in q1. Let's see the same chart for q3, just before September.

 

[kevinkyoo]

It was interesting last year and early this year - LG's flop with the G5, and horrible marketing with the V20; Samsung's Note 7 debacle. These two were what deterred me away from trying out Android and going with the "safe" option of the IP7+, despite the lack of headphone jack and drastic changes in a lot of its components from the 6s. With these two companies now putting out a much better effort with their respective devices, it'll be interesting to see just how much this lineup shakes up, although I think at this point Apple has strengthened itself with its walled garden (Seriously, I tried to imagine using my MacBook Air without Messages).

 

[28monkeys]

iphone 8 is the next big design change since the 4 inch screen shift. i8 will retain iphone as the most popular phone by shipped volume.

 

[dmylrea]

I'll bet Q2 2017 will be MUCH DIFFERENT once Samsung's Flagships are accounted for. That's why these "statistics" are useless. Who cares that Apple sold more than anyone else when their primary competition didn't have a new flagship out yet?