{"id":51486,"date":"2026-05-11T09:44:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51486"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:44:36","slug":"iphone-17-q1-2026s-best-selling-smartphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=51486","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 17: Q1 2026&#8217;s best-selling smartphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cassette.sphdigital.com.sg\/image\/hardwarezone\/2523ff4d96628f0cfdf6182ef5a1715c5ab5dcc626884827ea31c511e07dc8cf\" \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">The Apple iPhone 17 <b>continues to see strong sales momentum<\/b> worldwide, according to the latest Global Handset Model Sales Tracker from Counterpoint Research.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">In Q1 2026, the iPhone 17 emerged as the world\u2019s best-selling smartphone, accounting for<b> 6% of global unit sales<\/b>. The iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone 17 Pro secured the second and third spots, respectively, while Samsung\u2019s Galaxy A07 4G and Galaxy A17 5G rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Counterpoint\u2019s senior analyst Harshit Rastogi attributed the strong performance of the base iPhone 17 model to upgrades such as the higher base storage and the improved display with a higher refresh rate. Key markets, including the US, China, and South Korea, also recorded double-digit year-over-year growth for the device.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">The top 10 best-selling smartphones accounted for <b>25% of global sales <\/b>in Q1 2026, which Counterpoint describes as \u201cthe highest Q1 concentration ever.\u201d Despite concerns over the ongoing memory chip shortage and rising component costs, Counterpoint expects premium smartphones to continue gaining market share.<\/p>\n<p class=\"_base_1s8rd_1 _default_1s8rd_12\">Source: Counterpoint Research<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwarezone.com.sg\/mobile\/smartphones\/apple-iphone17-best-selling-smartphone-q1-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Apple iPhone 17 continues to see strong sales momentum worldwide, according to the latest Global Handset Model Sales Tracker from Counterpoint Research. In Q1&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[12079,7798,363,7522],"class_list":["post-51486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-2026s","tag-bestselling","tag-iphone","tag-smartphone","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/51487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}