Apple iPhone 8 Was The Top-Selling Phone in May; Followed by Galaxy S9+
Jul. 6, 2018According to thelatest reportfrom Counterpoint Research, the iPhone 8 (which was not deemed to be a strong flagship contender by many) has nowedged our the Galaxy S9+ and iPhone X to become the best-seller.
Strong promotions (“How to shoot on iPhone”) running up to the football (soccer) World Cup helped the tech giant to trigger buyer interest in Europe and other markets. iPhone 8 sales were steady in the US postpaid channels.
The iPhone X came in at a close third with a 2.3 percent market share in terms of sales. But,it isn’t just $1000 phones that are selling this well, one of the most popular budget Xiaomi phone, Redmi 5A, stood fourth and the iPhone 8 Plus holds the fifth spot.
Apple surely has strong sales as three of the top 5 best-selling smartphones are iPhones – that too the premium and expensive ones, not the budget iPhone SE or older-gen iPhones.
Other notable phones that have bagged a spot among the best-seller for May of this year include the Huawei P20 Lite, Vivo X21, and Redmi Note 5 lineup — which hassold over 5 million phonesin the past 4 months. However, we can Apple to retain its top spot in the coming months as the Cupertino giant is expected to launch new iPhones 2 months down the road.
