{"id":232472,"date":"2026-04-08T08:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/apples-iphone-17-pro-max-iphone-17-and-17-pro-were-the-worlds-top-selling-smartphones-in-q4-2025\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T08:55:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T12:55:11","slug":"apples-iphone-17-pro-max-iphone-17-and-17-pro-were-the-worlds-top-selling-smartphones-in-q4-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/08\/apples-iphone-17-pro-max-iphone-17-and-17-pro-were-the-worlds-top-selling-smartphones-in-q4-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone 17, and 17 Pro were the world’s top-selling smartphones in Q4 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone 17, and 17 Pro were the world’s top-selling smartphones in Q4 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.phonearena.com\/news\/apple-iphone-17-pro-max-iphone-17-and-17-pro-best-selling-smartphones-q4-2025_id179531<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-04-08 08:09:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.phonearena.com<\/a><\/p>\n

If you’ve been keeping an eye on our website for the last few months, you might already know that Apple was crowned the world’s top smartphone vendor in 2025, beating arch-rival Samsung by around 1 percent market share. That may not sound like a huge advantage, but there are certainly aspects of the mobile industry in which the global champion holds an even more impressive lead.<\/p>\n

The leader has a 5 percent share<\/h2>\n

If it doesn’t sound impressive to you that the iPhone 17 Pro Max<\/span> apparently accounted for 5 percent of all smartphone sales registered around the world between October and December 2025, you might need to take a step back and think about the sheer number of different models that are currently available in markets as diverse as the US, China, and India.<\/p>\n

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Five iPhones, four Samsungs, and one Xiaomi are among the ten best-selling smartphones of Q4 2025. | Image by Counterpoint Research<\/p>\n

Now make sure you understand exactly what a 5 percent share means in this type of report. Yes, it means that one in every 20 smartphones sold worldwide in Q4 was an iPhone 17 Pro Max<\/span>, and perhaps even more remarkably, the iPhone 17<\/span> and the 17 Pro are not ranked that far behind the gold medalist either.The Q1, Q2, and Q3 2025 champion, mind you, was the “vanilla” iPhone 16<\/span> with around 4 percent market share (every time), which obviously explains why the 2024-released 6.1-inch handset reigned supreme last year despite finishing in fourth place in Q4. The last time the top-selling mobile device held a 5 percent share was, you guessed it, in Q4 2024, when the iPhone 16 Pro Max won the trophy, so there’s definitely a good chance the “vanilla” iPhone 17<\/span> will become 2026’s number one seller instead of the 17 Pro Max.<\/p>\n

The world’s best-selling Android phone is… not the Galaxy S25 Ultra<\/h2>\n

Or the Galaxy S25. Or even the low-end…
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