Four of 6 Most Popular Q1 Phones Were iPhone Models, Says Strategy Analytics

Despite its $1,000 entry point, the iPhone X was the world’s best-selling smartphone in Q1 with 16 million shipped, Strategy Analytics reported Friday. Total smartphone shipments dropped 2.4 percent from the year-ago quarter to 345.4 million, said SA. The firm estimates Apple shipped nearly 50 million iPhone X phones globally since the November launch, capturing 5 percent market share. Apple’s 8 and 8 Plus, with 12.5 million and 8.3 million shipments, are in second and third, and the iPhone 7, with 5.6 million shipments, is fourth in global market share, it said. In Q1, Apple owned four of the world’s six most popular smartphone models, it said. The report placed Xiaomi’s Redmi 5A in fifth with 5.4 million shipments and the Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus, which began shipping during the quarter, in sixth with 5.3 million units. The research firm expects the S9 Plus to become the best-selling Android smartphone globally this quarter.