The research firm Counterpoint has published a chart (available at the end of the article) indicating the smartphones that sold the best in the world for the year 2018. A ranking largely dominated by Apple, which occupies the first four places. Released at the end of 2017, the iPhone has been the most sold over the last year. Next are the iPhone 8, the iPhone 8 Plus and the iPhone 7.
The iPhone X in front of ... the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus
And it's not over since two other mobile models of the Cupertino company appear a little further in the Top 10: iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. If iPhone sales plummet and Apple had a more difficult first quarter of 2019 than expected, the apple brand had enough lead over the competition to allow a dip. Huawei surpasses Apple again in the first quarter of 2019 in terms of sales volume, but with a much higher number of models. Ditto for Samsung, still leader but that leaves more smartphones than Apple every year.
And since we talk about the South Korean manufacturer, it manages to bring three smartphones in the Top 10. The Galaxy S9 takes sixth place behind the iPhone mentioned above and the entry-level Xiaomi Redmi 5A. The S9 Plus and J6 close the march. Samsung can hope to do better in 2019: the latest generation of iPhone does not fool against the contrary, the Galaxy S10 is much better than the Galaxy S9.
