Apple's iPhone 16 Still Leads the Smartphone Pack in New 2025 Sales Data

You might have a sense that Apple's iPhone is one of the most successful smartphones on the market even without looking into the specifics, but now it's official: the iPhone 16 is the bestselling smartphone of the year so far. This new data comes from market analysis firm, Counterpoint Research, and its Global Handset Model Sales Tracker. According to the findings, for the first quarter of 2025 -- January through March -- the base model iPhone 16 was the top-selling smartphone globally. Apple maintained a strong grip on the rest of the firm's top 10 list, with the iPhone 16 Pro Max, iPhone 16 Pro and previous-generation base model iPhone 15 taking up the second, third and fourth slots, respectively. They were trailed by the iPhone 16 Plus, which took tenth place. Notably, Counterpoint highlighted that this quarter saw the current base model iPhone return to the top spot. In recent years, including the first quarter of 2024, the high-end Pro Max variant took first place. The firm attr ... Read full article.