The iPhone X was the best-selling smartphone for the past quarter

When Apple introduced the iPhone X, it caused a wave of controversy that it probably did not expect. Fans weren't sure about the cutout on the top of the display, Face ID didn't inspire much enthusiasm either, the absence of Touch ID, on the contrary, bothered many. However, the most criticism was leveled at the price, when Apple for the first time climbed to the $1000 mark for the 'basic' model. It was because of the extremely high price that there were rumors that the iPhone X would not sell well. In January, those estimates were proven wrong, as the iPhone X was in high demand before Christmas. A quarter later, the situation is still the same.

Apple does not mention the specific sales numbers of individual models - it only lists them as a total in the overall category. However, the analytical company Strategy Analytics did the work and tried to calculate how individual iPhones performed in terms of sales in the first quarter, especially compared to the competition. The results are quite interesting.

The results of Strategy Analytics show that the iPhone X should be the best-selling smartphone for the first quarter of this year. 16 million units sold worldwide secured the first place on the sales chart. In second place is the iPhone 8 with 12,5 million units sold, the third place belongs to the iPhone 8 Plus with 8,3 million units sold, and the potato medal goes to last year's iPhone 7, which sold 5,6 million units. In fifth place is a phone from another manufacturer, the Xiaomi Redmi 5A, which sold (mainly in China) 5,4 million units. The last measured rank was won by Samsung with its Galaxy S9 Plus and 5,3 million units sold.

This analysis thus goes directly against speculation about how interest in the iPhone X has been declining in recent months. Similar information appeared with weekly regularity and it seems that they were not too close to the truth. The conclusions of the aforementioned analysis also correspond to the words of Tim Cook, who confirmed that the iPhone X is the most popular of all the offered iPhones that Apple currently has on offer. This is certainly good news for the company. Not so much for us as customers. Apple sees that customers don't have too much trouble paying exorbitant amounts for a smartphone. What incentive will he have to push prices down when older (or less equipped) models can serve as cheaper options? Will the annual high-end become more and more unaffordable?

Source: Macrumors