According to IDC, iPhone 13 was the world's best-selling smartphone model in the first quarter of 2022. Apple has achieved this success even as the company faces serious supply problems.
IDC did not disclose specific sales and market share of iPhone 13. According to PhoneArena, the leading position of iPhone 13 is not too surprising, because before that two products iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 were the best-selling smartphone models. world in 2020 and 2021.
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List of 5 best-selling smartphone models in the world in the first quarter of 2022 (Photo: IDC).
iPhone 13 has a starting price of 799 USD. This model is equipped with A15 Bionic processor, dual camera system and 6.1-inch OLED screen. Of course, this product is now also supported to update to the latest iOS 15.5 version.
Second place belongs to the iPhone 13 Pro Max. It can be seen that many users are willing to pay a larger fee to own a large screen smartphone model.
The 6.1-inch iPhone 13 Pro model ranked fourth in the list of the world's best-selling smartphones in the first quarter of 2022. Meanwhile, the iPhone 13 Mini does not appear on this list.
From 2020 until now, iPhone models with a screen size of 6.7 inches have regularly sold better than the 6.1-inch versions. Therefore, a standard iPhone 14 version with a size of 6.7 inches will likely attract more users than the Mini version.
The iPhone generation launched in 2022 is expected to have 4 versions, including iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max, iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. According to Tom's Guide, a larger screen device with a more affordable price tag could turn out to be a great idea.
A lot of users don't need the high-end features like the telephoto camera, 120Hz display or the powerful performance of the iPhone Pro Max. They simply want to own a large screen smartphone. Therefore, the introduction of the iPhone 14 Max will be very important for Apple.