Strong iPhone 17 sales may push Apple ahead of Samsung this year

Counterpoint Research is predicting Apple’s iPhone 17 lineup volition assistance it nudge Samsung retired arsenic the fig 1 telephone shaper successful the satellite this year, arsenic reported by CNBC and Bloomberg. The study estimates Apple volition vessel 243 cardinal phones this year, portion Samsung volition vessel 235 million, landing Apple a 19.4 percent stock of the planetary smartphone market, little than 1 percent up of Samsung. 

Counterpoint says the recently introduced iPhone 17 bid garnered 12 percent much income successful its archetypal 4 weeks than the iPhone 16 lineup, with income boosted by “lower-than-expected” interaction from tariffs. 

Different analysts person reported antithetic stats astir who is the person successful telephone shipments over the past fewer years, but by Counterpoint’s evaluation, this volition beryllium the archetypal clip Apple has passed Samsung successful telephone shipments successful 14 years. Based connected Counterpoint’s report, it seems similar reports of a muted reception for the iPhone Air and ongoing questions astir Apple’s advancement with AI exertion didn’t clasp backmost the iPhone 17 line-up arsenic a whole. Next year, Apple is expected to merchandise a cheaper “17e” exemplary successful the spring, and eventually, its archetypal foldable iPhone.