As the new new iPhone 16 and 16 Plus are surprisingly outselling the equally new and higher-end iPhone 16 Professional and 16 Professional Max within the very early phases of the household’s business availability, this looks like an ideal time to recollect simply how far forward of the competitors Apple is staying quarter after quarter when it comes to particular person smartphone mannequin gross sales.
That is proper, we have got one other a kind of international smartphone prime ten lists to investigate and touch upon in the present day, and as traditional, the primary couple of positions are occupied by members of the newest iPhone collection. However the latest Omdia report, centered on the primary six months of 2024, will not be all roses and sunshine for Apple, offering Samsung quite a lot of key causes for celebration as properly.
And the bronze medal goes to…
Sure, I will skip over the H1 2024 report’s gold and silver medalists for a second and speak in regards to the Samsung Galaxy A15 as a substitute. It is a very humble, very inexpensive 4G LTE-only Android handset that someway managed to beat the much more glamorous iPhone 15 Professional and Samsung Galaxy S24 Extremely for the third spot among the many world’s best-selling smartphones, with a powerful 17.3 million models.
There are various similarities, but additionally fairly just a few key variations between these three prime ten lists.
That is method up from the 12.4 million Galaxy A14 models shipped worldwide between January and June of final yr, and the quantity does not even embrace the worldwide gross sales of the 5G-enabled Galaxy A15 variant. That barely higher-end and barely costlier mannequin can also be ranked within the prime ten, with 12.2 million copies of its personal, which brings the mixed complete of the 2 A15 variations to just about 30 million models.
Consider it or not, that is greater than the iPhone 15 Professional Max‘s industry-leading 21.8 million tally for H1 2024, though I am going to admit that is not a wholly truthful comparability. It’s nonetheless definitely truthful to level out that the 15 Professional Max is proving much less profitable than the iPhone 14 Professional Max this time final yr, and the identical goes for the iPhone 15 Professional in distinction with the 14 Professional.
The “vanilla” iPhone 15, in the meantime, has managed to (narrowly) outsell its personal predecessor, taking house a silver medal beforehand reserved to a Professional-branded iPhone, which is unlikely to make Apple very joyful. That is clearly as a result of the iPhone 15 Professional and 15 Professional Max are extra worthwhile than the iPhone 15, so the Cupertino-based tech big would in all probability a lot moderately see a extra premium machine ranked within the prime three than a “base” mannequin.
The Galaxy S24 Extremely can also be a giant hit
Not as large because the entry-level Galaxy A15 duo, Samsung’s newest (non-foldable) super-flagship is convincingly exceeding the recognition of final yr’s Galaxy S23 Extremely. The S24 Extremely’s gross sales bounce over its predecessor will not be sufficient to depart the iPhone 15, 15 Professional, or 15 Professional Max behind, but it surely is sufficient to edge out each the iPhone 13 and iPhone 14.
That won’t sound like an amazing achievement, however the Galaxy S24 Extremely is the one high-end Android handset on this prime ten checklist, which is certainly a feat to recollect. Omdia analysts are highlighting this yr’s introduction of Galaxy AI know-how as the important thing purpose for the S24 Extremely’s surge from the S23 Extremely’s 9.6 million unit gross sales in H1 2023 to at least 12.6 million models in the identical timeframe of 2024.
The S24 Extremely is promoting properly, however nowhere close to in addition to the Galaxy A15. | Picture Credit score — PhoneArena
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After all, the S24 and S24 Plus include the very same AI capabilities as their large brother, so one does should marvel why they are not connecting with mainstream international audiences in the identical method because the S24 Extremely. Low-end Android telephones, in the meantime, are as well-liked as ever, led by the aforementioned Galaxy A15 and A15 5G, however with Xiaomi’s Redmi 13C and Samsung Galaxy A05 not far behind.
These two ultra-affordable fashions truly did not have a transparent equal on the H1 2023 best-selling checklist, suggesting an increasing number of shoppers are choosing cheaper and humbler Android units on account of numerous monetary challenges. In a method, the identical might be stated about a big group of Apple followers as properly if you happen to have a look at the iPhone 13‘s surprisingly regular numbers between the primary six months of 2023 and 2024.
Adrian, a cellular know-how fanatic because the Nokia 3310 period, has been a dynamic presence within the tech journalism discipline, contributing to Android Authority, Digital Developments, and Pocketnow earlier than becoming a member of PhoneArena in 2018. His experience spans throughout numerous platforms, with a selected fondness for the variety of the Android ecosystem. Regardless of the challenges of balancing full-time parenthood together with his work, Adrian’s ardour for tech tendencies, operating, and films retains him energized. His dedication to mid-range smartphones has led to an eclectic assortment of units, saved from private chapter by his choice for ‘sufficient’ over ‘overpriced’.
