According to Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse, Apple’s iPhone XR the cheapest of the three iPhones released in 2018 was the best-selling smartphone in the world last year, taking 3 percent of the global market.
Apple will likely be even happier with the performance of the iPhone 11. Praised for having many of the iPhone 11 Pro and Pro Max’s best elements while costing $700, the handset has proved so popular that it took the number two position despite being available for fewer than four months.
Elsewhere, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 7 keep on selling, taking the number six and nine spots, respectively. The $1,100 iPhone 11 Pro Max is at number eight, and Apple’s final entry is the iPhone XS Max at ten.
Sitting behind Apple as the second-most-popular brand is Samsung. The Korean firm has three of its phones on the list, though none are flagships. Three of the company’s A-seriesGalaxy A50 (3), A10 (4), and A20 (7) make the top ten. The only device not from Apple or Samsung is Oppo’s A5, which is fifth.
