Apple ruled the best-selling smartphones record of 2024

2024 used to be every other milestone yr for Apple as Cupertino ruled international smartphone shipments. In step with the newest Canalys sell-in estimates, Apple had seven of the top-ten maximum shipped telephones of 2024 with the iPhone 15 topped because the main instrument.

Samsung used to be the one different logo featured within the top-ten chart, with its Galaxy A15, A15 5G and S24 Extremely making the lower.

The iPhone 15 earned an estimated 3% of the 1.22 billion smartphones shipped in 2024. In keeping with that quantity, Apple shipped 36.6 million gadgets of its previous-gen base iPhone closing yr. The iPhone 16 Professional Max and 15 Professional Max had been the second one and 3rd maximum shipped telephones of 2024.

Samsung controlled to sneak into the top-five ratings with the Galaxy A15 coming in fourth position, adopted via the iPhone 16 Professional, iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 16. The Galaxy A15 5G slid in 8th position whilst the S24 Extremely got here in 9th.

The closing spot within the height ten used to be reserved for the three-year-old iPhone 13, which accounted for 1.5% of overall international smartphone shipments or 18.3 million gadgets.

The opposite noticeable trade in comparison to closing yr’s record is that 5 out of the top-ten gadgets had been flagships whilst closing yr’s record used to be 4 out of ten. Canalys suggests that consumers within the top class phase are keen to go for the probably the greatest gadgets– i.e. the Professional and Professional Max fashions for Apple and the Extremely for the Galaxy S-series.

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Apple iPhone 15

Apple iPhone 16 Professional Max

Apple iPhone 15 Professional Max

Samsung Galaxy A15

Apple iPhone 16 Professional

Apple iPhone 15 Professional

Apple iPhone 16

Samsung Galaxy A15 5G

Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely

Apple iPhone 13