According to Counterpoint’s<\/i> market research, the vanilla iPhone 15<\/a> was the best-selling smartphone in the world in Q3 this year. The handset is followed by its siblings, the iPhone 15 Pro Max<\/a> and 15 Pro<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, Samsung took more spots in the top 10, many of which are occupied by the company’s budget Galaxy A series. The Galaxy S24<\/a> placed tenth, outperformed by Xiaomi’s Redmi 13C<\/a>.<\/p>\n In total these 10 smartphones accounted for an impressive 19% of the total sales in the Septemnber quarter.<\/p>\n There’s a noticeable shift in consumer demand as users are now looking for higher-end phones, including in emerging markets. Due to reasonable trade-in offers and local financing schemes, the iPhone 15 Pro and 15 Pro Max see significant growth in those markets.<\/p>\n Samsung’s Galaxy S24 is the first Galaxy S series phone to get a spot in the top 10 in Q3 since 2018.<\/p>\n Xiaomi’s Redmi 13C rides on the success of its predecessor, the Redmi 12C, as it offers better specs than the vast majority of its competitors in the segment.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n