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The iPhone is the top selling tech product of 2017 (the Apple Watch is number four)

The iPhone was the best-selling tech product of 2017, selling more units than the No. 2 through No. 5 products combined.

According to Daniel Ives, an analyst with GBH Insights, who compiled the chart for USA TODAY, Apple will sell 223 million iPhones in 2017, up from 211 million phones the previous year. The rest of the top 5: Samsung Galaxy S8 and Note 8 smartphones: 33 million; Amazon Echo Dot connected speakers: 24 million; Apple Watch: 20 million; and Nintendo Switch video game console: 15 million.

Dennis Sellers

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.

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