iPhone 15 becomes world's best selling smartphone in Q3 2024. Check the top 10 list here
iPhone 13, which was discontinued after the iPhone 16 series launch in September, no longer finds a place in the rankings, and its successor, the iPhone 14, ranks in 8th spot. In good news for Samsung, the Korean smartphone maker saw one of its flagship S series devices make it into the top 10 selling devices for the first time since 2018.
Meanwhile, the mid-range A series continued to do the heavy lifting for Samsung, with the Galaxy A15 4G, Galaxy A15 5G, Galaxy A35 5G, and Galaxy A05 all finding a spot on the top-selling phones list in Q3 2024.Meanwhile, the only other brand that found a place in the top 10 list was Xiaomi with Redmi 13C 4G coming in at 9th position much like its predecessor. The top 10 best-selling phones are estimated to account for around 19% of global smartphone sales in Q3 2024.Counterpoint estimates that artificial intelligence could help both Apple and Samsung cement their dominance in the smartphone race.
Apple's first set of AI features, dubbed Apple Intelligence, were rolled out with the iOS 18.1 update last week, and the next major update is set to arrive with the release of iOS 18.2 sometime in December. Milestone Alert!
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