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TL;DR
- A report from Counterpoint that includes knowledge for December 2023 and all of 2023 showcases how Apple dominated the gross sales chart globally, with many of the top slots going to iPhones.
- Samsung telephones break into the record, however solely with price range fashions.
- Android flagships just like the Galaxy S23 sequence didn’t create comparable market momentum to characteristic as best-selling smartphones.
We love our Android flagships, and in some ways, they’re higher than Apple’s flagship iPhone. However, shoppers world wide don’t essentially agree. Consumers have overwhelmingly chosen iPhones on the subject of voting with their wallets, as seven of the top 10 greatest smartphones globally were all iPhones.
According to Counterpoint‘s latest report, the top seven best sellers in December 2023 were all iPhones, primarily spread across the iPhone 14 series and iPhone 15 series, with the iPhone 13 also scoring a seat. The top 10 smartphones in all of 2023 captured a combined market share of 20%, up from 19% in 2022.
The iPhone 14 was the best-selling smartphone of 2023. It managed to capture 19% of total iPhone sales in 2023, which the report notes isn’t as spectacular as 2022’s bestseller iPhone 13’s erstwhile 28% share. Apple’s whole gross sales remained flat in 2023, which is constructive when you think about that gross sales of main Android opponents declined. The iPhone 15 sequence took the top three spots for This autumn 2023, so there’s an opportunity we see them extending their good run even into 2024.
If you were searching for Android telephones within the record, you’ll solely discover price range Android smartphones, and that too, solely from Samsung. The Galaxy A14 5G, Galaxy A04e, and Galaxy A14 4G occupied the underside three spots within the top 10 record for December 2023.
It is vital to notice that the majority main Android flagship launches occurred in January 2024, although there were some launches in China in December 2023. Google did launch the Pixel 8 sequence in October 2023, and that’s clearly nowhere on the record.
Counterpoint’s infographic focuses solely on December 2023 and misses out on the larger image for the entire of 2023. Earlier within the month, a report from Canalys put collectively the yearly development in an infographic.
Even then, the top 5 smartphones globally were iPhones. Samsung’s presence was restricted to 3 of the underside 5 spots, although this report does assign good success to the mid-range Galaxy A54 5G. Android flagships just like the Samsung Galaxy S23 sequence are nowhere to be discovered on the bestsellers record, and that’s not good.
For 2024, we will anticipate Apple’s momentum to proceed for the start of the year, not less than, for the reason that iPhone 15 sequence sits solidly as a superb iPhone to improve to. Chinese manufacturers may additionally enter the record with newer launches at the start of the year. Still, we’d like to see extra Android telephones offered worldwide all through the year, which is supremely vital for the longer-term well being of the Android platform and the broader smartphone ecosystem.