Apple’s iPhone has been crowned as the best-selling tech product
of 2017, according to a USA Today report. The iPhone was followed by Samsung’s
Galaxy S8 and Note 8, Amazon Echo Dot, Apple Watch, and Nintendo Switch. The
publication worked with Daniel Ives, an analyst with GBH Insights, to prepare
the sales data.
Ives in its report said Apple will sell 223 million iPhones in
2017, up from 221 million phones it sold in 2016. The ranking include all
available models of the iPhone. This year, Apple launched three new models of
the iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and the iPhone X. The latter smartphone is the
tenth anniversary model which is priced upwards of $1000 (or approx Rs 64,000)
and has gained massive interest due to its all-new design, especially its
bezel-less display. The analyst thinks Apple will have a strong year, as the
company might launch the successor to the iPhone SE and new phones later in the
year. It isn’t clear how many units of the iPhone has been sold in the last
year. Evidently, reports suggest the demand of the iPhone X is lower than
expected.
As for the other products that make it to a list, Samsung
followed Apple with the Galaxy S8 and Note 8 , occupying the second spot. The
analyst says the two premium smartphones from Samsung will sell around 33
million through out the past year. And here’s something that might annoy
Samsung and its stake holders. The data compiled by Daniel Ives isn’t fair to
the South Korean major given the fact that the analyst included all existing
models of the iPhone.
Source : http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/mobile-tabs/apples-iphone-is-the-best-selling-tech-product-of-2017-study/
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