Global smartphone shipments reportedly reached 353.3 million units in Q1 with the top five models accounting for 1 in 6 of all smartphones shipped.
“We estimate Apple iPhone 7 shipped 21.5 million units and captured 6 percent marketshare worldwide in Q1 2017″, said Juha Winter, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics. “The iPhone 7 is by far the world’s most popular smartphone model, due to a compelling blend of user-friendly design, extensive supporting apps, and widespread retail availability for the device. Apple iPhone 7 Plus, with its bigger screen and higher pricing, shipped 17.4 million units for second place and 5 percent marketshare worldwide in Q1 2017. Apple today accounts for two of the world’s top five smartphone models.”
OPPO shipped 8.9 million R9s units for third place and 3 percent market share worldwide. The Samsung Galaxy J3 captured 2 percent global smartphone market share and fourth place while the Galaxy J5 took 1 percent global share to become the world’s fifth most popular model.
Apple sells tens of millions of iPhones every quarter. In its official earnings release for the first quarter, Apple revealed that it sold 50.8 million iPhones in the first quarter of this year, and the iPhone’s performance in the market may only improve in the coming quarters as Apple’s 10th Anniversary iPhone is due later this year.
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