Apple's iPhone 7 was world's best-selling smartphone in first quarter of 2017
In a new report, Apple's iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus claimed the number one and two most sold smartphones, during the first calendar quarter of 2017.
Data collected by Strategy Analytics notes that global smartphone shipments reached 353.3 million units in the first quarter of 2017. Of that 353.3 million, 21.5 million were the iPhone 7, with 17.4 million the iPhone 7 Plus.
Given those figures, the iPhone 7 claimed 6.1 percent of global smartphone sales, with the iPhone 7 Plus taking 4.9 percent. Rounding out the top 5 are the Oppo R9s at 2.5 percent, and the midrange 2016 Samsung Galaxy J3 and J5 taking 1.7 and 1.4 percent respectively.
The Oppo R9s retails for around $425. The Galaxy J5 sells for $180 with the J3 retailing for $150.
On April 26, Apple announced its second fiscal quarter results. During the quarter, the company sold 50.8 million iPhones, but as usual did not break down by model.
Apple CEO Tim Cook called the declining second quarter iPhone sales year-over-year partly because of more frequent, and earlier leaks of details for future products. The "iPhone 8" rumor mill started in December of 2015, shortly after the release of the iPhone 6s.
Data collected by Strategy Analytics notes that global smartphone shipments reached 353.3 million units in the first quarter of 2017. Of that 353.3 million, 21.5 million were the iPhone 7, with 17.4 million the iPhone 7 Plus.
Given those figures, the iPhone 7 claimed 6.1 percent of global smartphone sales, with the iPhone 7 Plus taking 4.9 percent. Rounding out the top 5 are the Oppo R9s at 2.5 percent, and the midrange 2016 Samsung Galaxy J3 and J5 taking 1.7 and 1.4 percent respectively.
The Oppo R9s retails for around $425. The Galaxy J5 sells for $180 with the J3 retailing for $150.
On April 26, Apple announced its second fiscal quarter results. During the quarter, the company sold 50.8 million iPhones, but as usual did not break down by model.
Apple CEO Tim Cook called the declining second quarter iPhone sales year-over-year partly because of more frequent, and earlier leaks of details for future products. The "iPhone 8" rumor mill started in December of 2015, shortly after the release of the iPhone 6s.
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Samsung Q1 '17: 80.2
Apple Q1 '17: 50.8
Let's also not forget these are SHIPMENTS only, not sales, so the title of this article is clearly wrong and misleading.
Each time I read some article about how more Android devices are shipped than iOS devices, it really doesn't offer much in terms of context, so how is it useful to anyone. Do people really put out these articles or reports to mislead people? Is this some phenomenon that equates to the theory that more is always better or big numbers are always better than smaller numbers? I just don't get it. It's probably fairly obvious Samsung ships an awful lot of smartphones at various price levels, but it should matter that the company is making or losing money on its entire line of smartphones. Companies need to be profitable to survive.
And please, with Apple and iphones, shipments are sales. They don't sit around in warehouses like the other crap.
The Galaxy S - for years # 2 in the market - slipped at least to # 6 shipping under 5 m.
Oppo sold at least 8.8 m smartphones > $400. That's a third of all their shipments. BKK must be pleased...
BTW:
Apple's numbers for iPhone are allways shipments.
If you want to know how many iPhones were really sold you have to listen to the financial report telco where Cook/Maestri add information about channel inventory.
Apple Q1/17: 50.8 m shipped, 1.2 m drop in channel inventory, 52.0 m sold.