Eight months after its launch, Apple's iPhone 5s is still the most popular smartphone in the world, beating out the newer Samsung Galaxy S5, according to new data from Counterpoint Research.
The market research firm's survey of 35 countries, released this week, reveals that the iPhone 5s was the best-selling smartphone in May, while the Samsung Galaxy S5 $99.99 at Amazon, which came out less than three month ago, took second place. In fact, Samsung's latest flagship is "still a quite distant number two in terms of (sell through) unit sales," Counterpoint said.
Meanwhile, Samsung's Galaxy S4 came in third place and its Note 3 came in fourth, beating out the iPhone 5c, which came in at No. 5 for the month.
"iPhone 5c shipments continue to decline but Apple continued clearing excess inventory for the iPhone 5c during the month," Counterpoint said. "Apple iPhone 5c sales put it behind Samsung's last year's flagship Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3."
Rounding out the top 10 smartphones for the month were: Apple's older iPhone 4s in sixth place, followed by Xiaomi's MI3,Samsung's Galaxy S4 Mini $0.01 at Amazon, Xiaomi's Hongmi Redrice, and Samsung's Galaxy Grand 2.
"There are now 3 phablets in the top 10 list, which reflects the ongoing trend of larger displays," Counterpoint said. "Almost 40 percent of the smartphones sold in May were phablets according to Counterpoint's channel research across 35 countries."
If Apple releases a phablet later this year, which is widely expected, the handset will "instantly become a hit and top the list of phablets within two months of availability," Counterpoint predicted.
Meanwhile, Sony's Xperia Z1 narrowly missed the top 10, the company added. Motorola's Moto G $176.72 at Amazon, Huawei's Honor 3C, and LG's G2 all made the top 20.
"Next month we expect to see the Nokia X in the ranks of bestsellers as it is moving up fast after just two months of sales," Counterpoint said.
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