Amaya Toman The best-selling iPhone for the third fiscal quarter of 2019, according to data from CIRP, was the XR model. The iPhone XS, XS Max and XR accounted for a total of 67% of the total sales of all iPhones overseas during the mentioned period, with the XR model itself accounting for 48% of sales. This is the highest share of a particular model since the release of the iPhone 6 in 2015.
Josh Lowitz, co-founder and partner at CIRP, confirmed that the iPhone XR has become a dominant model, adding that Apple has created a competitive phone with attractive, modern features such as a large display, but at a price more in line with flagship smartphones. Android operating system. According to Lowitz, the iPhone XR represents an easy choice between the expensive XS or XS Max and the older iPhones 7 and 8.
The iPhone XR is the most affordable of the new models in the United States, but unlike its more expensive siblings, it is equipped with "only" an LCD display and a single rear camera. However, it won a number of fans, both for its price and perhaps also for its color variants. In connection with this success, it is speculated that the iPhone XR will see its successor this year.
But CIRP's report also offers other interesting data - 47% of users who bought an iPhone pay for iCloud storage, and 3 to 6 percent of users also paid for AppleCare along with their iPhone. 35% of iPhone owners use Apple Music, 15% - 29% own Apple TV, Podcasts and Apple News.
The iPhone XR was the best-selling smartphone in the United States even in the second quarter of this year, followed by the iPhone 8 and iPhone XS Max, according to Kantar World Panel data. Fourth and fifth place was taken by the Samsung Galaxy S10+ and S10. Motorola's cheaper phones are on a surprising rise.
Sources: MacRumors, PhoneArena
