Apple’s iPhone 17, 17 Professional and 17 Professional Max had been the three highest-selling telephones on the earth for the primary quarter of 2026, in line with an inventory revealed Monday by analytics agency Counterpoint Analysis.
The base mannequin iPhone 17 accounted for six% of world gross sales, however the prime 10 checklist additionally contains 5 Samsung Galaxy A sequence telephones. The Samsung Galaxy A07 4G — the corporate’s lowest-priced cellphone out there in sure areas — and the extra broadly out there Galaxy A17 5G took fourth and fifth place on the gross sales checklist.
Xiaomi’s Redmi A5 is the only real cellphone on this checklist that is not made by Apple or Samsung, which incorporates final 12 months’s iPhone 16, the Galaxy A56 and the Galaxy A36. The latter two telephones had been up to date throughout the quarter with the Galaxy A57 and Galaxy A37, each of which could finally seem in these gross sales charts because the 12 months continues.
Counterpoint additionally famous that the $1,300 Galaxy S26 Extremely barely missed this prime 10 checklist however is promoting in larger numbers than final 12 months’s S25 Extremely.
Decrease-cost units like Samsung’s Galaxy A17 5G make up nearly all of the checklist.
Whereas it’s normal to see Apple’s iPhone sequence and the lower-cost Galaxy A telephones prime these gross sales lists, Counterpoint notes that the upper value of cellphone parts is probably going placing extra stress on Android cellphone makers. The Galaxy A07, for example, noticed notably excessive gross sales in Africa, the Center East and Latin America — presumably resulting from Samsung offering six years of software program and safety updates for its lowest-cost cellphone. The $200 Galaxy A17 5G, out there within the US, affords the identical dedication and is the lowest-cost Galaxy cellphone in most areas.
Counterpoint Analysis’s gross sales numbers come as new telephones are arriving with larger worth tags, possible as a result of ongoing RAM scarcity. A number of telephones from Samsung, Motorola and different cellphone makers have seen worth will increase. This contains variants of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 going up in worth 9 months after launch, and $100 to $200 worth will increase on Motorola’s new line of Razr telephones.
In line with Counterpoint senior analyst Karn Chauhan, an anticipated decline within the cellphone market will possible have an effect on individuals in search of a lower-cost gadget, whereas higher-end cellphone buying is anticipated to extend. This could possibly be notably noticeable as we transfer into the discharge of a number of higher-cost foldable telephones, for example, Motorola’s new $1,900 book-style Razr Fold goes on sale Might 21, and we’re anticipating to see new foldable Galaxy telephones and a rumored iPhone Fold later this 12 months.
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