Apple iPhone X World Best Selling Smartphone – Research Shows

Research company Strategy Analytics has revealed that despite fears of expensive pricing, Apple’s iPhone X was the world’s best-selling smartphone model, shipping an impressive 16 million units in the first quarter of 2018.

Business Wire reports that according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments reached 345 million units in the quarter.

It says Xiaomi Redmi 5A and Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus were the world’s top-selling Android smartphone models.

Juha Winter, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics says they estimate the iPhone X shipped 16.0 million units and captured 5 percent market share worldwide in Q1 2018.

“For the second quarter running, the iPhone X remains the world’s most popular smartphone model overall, due to a blend of good design, sophisticated camera, extensive apps, and widespread retail presence for the device.”

Winter says Apple has now shifted almost 50 million iPhone X units worldwide since commercial launch in November 2017.

“The Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus shipped 12.5 and 8.3 million units, respectively, for second and third place. The previous-generation iPhone 7 shipped a respectable 5.6 million units for fourth place. Combined together, Apple today accounts for four of the world’s six most popular smartphone models.”

At the same time, Linda Sui, Director at Strategy Analytics, adds that Xiaomi Redmi 5A shipped 5.4 million units for fifth place and 2 percent market share worldwide in Q1 2018.

“Xiaomi has become wildly popular across India and China. Xiaomi is selling a huge volume of smartphones through online channels, with key retail partners including Flipkart and JD.”

The Samsung Galaxy S9 has also done extremely well, shipping 5 .3 million units for sixth place and 2 percent market share worldwide in Q1 2018.

Woody Oh, Director at Strategy Analytics says Samsung’s new flagships, Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus, only started shipping toward the end of the first quarter, but shipments are already off to a very good start.

“The S9 Plus delivers an attractive, bezel-less, curved-screen design, a rich portfolio of software apps, and best-in-class retail distribution across dozens of countries.”

Oh says they expect the S9 Plus to become the best-selling Android smartphone globally in the second quarter of 2018.