iPhone XR tops the best-selling smartphones of 2019, says Counterpoint Research

Aadil Raval
By Aadil Raval
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If you ask me what’s the best selling smartphone of 2019? I would say Apple iPhone XR as it has already made a few headlines and based on the latest report by Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse, the same is true. The iPhone 11 ended up becoming the second best-selling smartphone model in 2019 even though it was launched in September last year.

Apple & Samsung managed to portray their dominance in almost all regions around the globe with just a few listing from other brands in the top 10 best-selling smartphones. To put things into perspective, Apple secured six places in the list with iPhone XR topping all at 3% market share. This is followed by Apple iPhone 11 at 2.1% and then comes Samsung Galaxy A10 with 1.7% market share. On the global scale, only Oppo’s A5 managed to appear on the top 10 best-selling smartphone lists which are pretty impressive.

Region-wise, Oppo A5 excelled at 4% with Oppo A9 at 35, Vivo Y93 at 2%, Vivo Y93s at 2% and Huawei P30 at 2%. Note that Huawei is currently selling almost all its smartphones in China after the Huawei Ban imposed by the US government.

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In North America (NAM), it was only iPhone XR that managed to pull off a double-digit listing at 12% of market share which is more than twice what any smartphone in any region has sold last year. iPhone 11 secured 65 while iPhone 8 took 5% of the market share in NAM. In fact, all the top five positions in NAM are secured by Apple iPhones.

Next up, in LATAM, Samsung Galaxy A10 was the top-selling phone at 5% while Galaxy J2 Core, Moto E5 Play, and Galaxy A20 captured 4% of the market share with Galaxy J4 Core coming at fifth position with 3%. In the APAC region, Oppo A5s managed to showcase its dominance at 3% while Galaxy A50, iPhone XR, Galaxy A10, and realme C2 managed to get 2% of the market share. It is interesting how Realme managed to appear in a best-selling list since it recorded the highest YoY growth especially due to its popularity in India and a few other countries.

Samsung A-series which is a mid-range series packing in flagship specifications managed to appear in almost all the region such as Galaxy A10 (3%), Galaxy A50 (2%), Galaxy A20 (2%), Galaxy A10s (2%) and finally Galaxy A2 Core (3%) in MEA while the similar story was followed in Europe with Galaxy A50 ranking at the first position with 5% market share while Galaxy A10 (3%) and Galaxy A40 (3%) secured fourth and fifth positions respectively.

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Overall, according to the Counterpoint Research, 5G smartphones are still in their infancy with just 1% of market share although 2020 could change a lot since many 5G smartphones have already launched while many are launching soon.

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If you ask me what’s the best selling smartphone of 2019? I would say Apple iPhone XR as it has already made a few headlines and based on the latest report by Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse, the same is true. The iPhone 11 ended up becoming the second best-selling smartphone model in 2019 even though it was launched in September last year.

Apple & Samsung managed to portray their dominance in almost all regions around the globe with just a few listing from other brands in the top 10 best-selling smartphones. To put things into perspective, Apple secured six places in the list with iPhone XR topping all at 3% market share. This is followed by Apple iPhone 11 at 2.1% and then comes Samsung Galaxy A10 with 1.7% market share. On the global scale, only Oppo’s A5 managed to appear on the top 10 best-selling smartphone lists which are pretty impressive.

Region-wise, Oppo A5 excelled at 4% with Oppo A9 at 35, Vivo Y93 at 2%, Vivo Y93s at 2% and Huawei P30 at 2%. Note that Huawei is currently selling almost all its smartphones in China after the Huawei Ban imposed by the US government.

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In North America (NAM), it was only iPhone XR that managed to pull off a double-digit listing at 12% of market share which is more than twice what any smartphone in any region has sold last year. iPhone 11 secured 65 while iPhone 8 took 5% of the market share in NAM. In fact, all the top five positions in NAM are secured by Apple iPhones.

Next up, in LATAM, Samsung Galaxy A10 was the top-selling phone at 5% while Galaxy J2 Core, Moto E5 Play, and Galaxy A20 captured 4% of the market share with Galaxy J4 Core coming at fifth position with 3%. In the APAC region, Oppo A5s managed to showcase its dominance at 3% while Galaxy A50, iPhone XR, Galaxy A10, and realme C2 managed to get 2% of the market share. It is interesting how Realme managed to appear in a best-selling list since it recorded the highest YoY growth especially due to its popularity in India and a few other countries.

Samsung A-series which is a mid-range series packing in flagship specifications managed to appear in almost all the region such as Galaxy A10 (3%), Galaxy A50 (2%), Galaxy A20 (2%), Galaxy A10s (2%) and finally Galaxy A2 Core (3%) in MEA while the similar story was followed in Europe with Galaxy A50 ranking at the first position with 5% market share while Galaxy A10 (3%) and Galaxy A40 (3%) secured fourth and fifth positions respectively.

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Overall, according to the Counterpoint Research, 5G smartphones are still in their infancy with just 1% of market share although 2020 could change a lot since many 5G smartphones have already launched while many are launching soon.

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