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iPhone XR was world’s best-selling smartphone last year

The iPhone XR was the world’s best-selling smartphone in 2019, according to a report by the Omdia research firm.

The report says that the iPhone XR sold nine million units more than the next best-selling device, the iPhone 11. According to Omdia’s Smartphone Model Market Tracker report, Apple shipped 46.3 million iPhone XR units in 2019, more than double of the 23.1 million units shipped during 2018. Also, 37.3 million units of the iPhone 11 were sold during the year.

While Apple took the first and the second spot, Samsung took the third, fourth and the fifth spots, with its Galaxy A10, Galaxy A50, and the Galaxy A20) smartphones that sold 30.3 million, 24.2 million, and 23.1 million units, respectively. The sixth spot was taken by the iPhone 11 Pro Max that sold 17.6 million units, followed by the iPhone 8 at 17.4 million.

Dennis Sellers
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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.