Market research firm counterpoint Global handset model sales tracker According to, the iPhone 16 has been the best selling smartphone in the first quarter of this year. This is a return to the top rank of sales in the first quarter after two years of the standard variant of the iPhone. The iPhone 16 has strong sales in Japan, Middle-East and Africa. The iPhone 16 Pro Max and iPhone 16 Pro are second and third in the list of top 10 best selling smartphones. The iPhone 16 Pro models have about half of the total cells of the iPhone in the third consecutive quarter for Apple. Counterpoint has stated that iPhone 16E has been ranked sixth and iPhone 16 Plus is ranked 10th in this list.
However, the iPhone 16 Pro in China has been affected by sales. The reason for this is the subsidy by the Chinese government to devices less than CNY 6,000 (about 71,320 rupees). Apart from this, Apple is getting a tough competition from smartphone companies like Huawei of China. South Korea’s smartphone maker Samsung has a low model in this list than the same period last year. However, Samsung’s total stake in the top 10 smartphones’ international sales continues. The company’s low -price smartphone models have increased contribution to sales.
Samsung’s Galaxy A16 5G has got fifth in this list, Galaxy A06 is sixth, Galaxy S25 Ultra has got seventh place and Galaxy A55 5G has got ninth place. The list of top 10 smartphones also includes the Redmi 14C of Xiaomi of China. This smartphone of Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi has got the eighth rank.