iPhone 11 Best-Selling Smartphone in Q3 Even as Samsung Regained No 1 Spot: Canalys

The iPhone 11 was the best-selling smartphone in the terminal quarter, even as Samsung wrested the meridian spot from Apple in the The states market place for the first time in 3 years. Co-ordinate to market analysis and research firm, Canalys, the Southward Korean tech firm also regained its lead globally, replacing Huawei, which has been having a tough time under mounting U.s. sanctions that is now forcing the visitor to sell off its Honor make.

The data further suggests that the iPhone SE (2020) was the 2d best-selling smartphone during the same catamenia, even though it trailed its bigger and pricier stablemate by a distance. While the former reportedly shipped around 16 million units during Q3, 2020, the latter only managed to move effectually ten million, as can be seen from the graph below. As many as 5 Samsung smartphones making their manner into the acme-10 equally the visitor made a forceful comeback following a couple of slow quarters.

iPhone 11 Best-Selling Smartphone in Q3 Even as Samsung Regained No 1 Spot: Canalys — Source: Canalys

Interestingly, none of Samsung's flagship S-serial and Note-series devices made their way to the top ten, with most of the entrants representing the company's mid-range A-series lineup. Xiaomi likewise made multiple appearances on the list, cheers largely to the popularity of its Redmi devices. The Redmi Note ix, Redmi 9 and Redmi 9A were plain the acknowledged devices from the company during the period.

Overall, the global smartphone market picked up in Q3 post-obit a couple of relatively slow quarters, thanks to the pandemic. According to Canalys, worldwide shipments reached 348.0 one thousand thousand units, which was even so 1% lower than the same period last year. Samsung grew 2% YoY to regain the pb with 80.ii million units, while Huawei slipped into second identify with 51.7 million units – a decline of a 23%.