2024 was one other milestone yr for Apple as Cupertino dominated international smartphone shipments. Per the most recent Canalys sell-in estimates, Apple had seven of the top-ten most shipped telephones of 2024 with the iPhone 15 topped because the main system.
Samsung was the one different model featured within the top-ten chart, with its Galaxy A15, A15 5G and S24 Extremely making the minimize.
The iPhone 15 earned an estimated 3% of the 1.22 billion smartphones shipped in 2024. Primarily based on that quantity, Apple shipped 36.6 million items of its previous-gen base iPhone final yr. The iPhone 16 Professional Max and 15 Professional Max had been the second and third most shipped telephones of 2024.
Samsung managed to sneak into the top-five rankings with the Galaxy A15 coming in fourth place, adopted by the iPhone 16 Professional, iPhone 15 Professional and iPhone 16. The Galaxy A15 5G slid in eighth place whereas the S24 Extremely got here in ninth.
The final spot within the high ten was reserved for the three-year-old iPhone 13, which accounted for 1.5% of whole international smartphone shipments or 18.3 million items.
The opposite noticeable change in comparison with final yr’s checklist is that 5 out of the top-ten units had been flagships whereas final yr’s checklist was 4 out of ten. Canalys means that patrons within the premium phase are prepared to go for the top-of-the-line units– i.e. the Professional and Professional Max fashions for Apple and the Extremely for the Galaxy S-series.
