Competition in the global smartphone market continues at full speed. So much so that Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi, Vivo, Huawei and many brands have accelerated their investments to seize the leadership. Finally, Omdia, one of the leading analysis and research companies, announced the best-selling phones in the first half of 2023. So how are things in the market? Let's take a look at the most popular phones. When we look at the report published by Omdia, the leadership of Apple and iPhone series continues in the second quarter of the year. Accordingly, the best-selling phone of the year was Apple's current flagship iPhone 14 Pro Max. The rest of the list is iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 and iPhone 13, respectively. In addition, Apple sold a total of 79.5 million iPhones, surpassing all other brands.

Best selling phone of the year iPhone 14 Pro Max

Most of these sales came from the iPhone 14 Pro Max with 26.5 million units, followed by the iPhone 14 with 16.5 million and the iPhone 13 with 15.5 million. It was not disclosed how much Apple earned from these sales. However, it is estimated to be close to 100 billion dollars.

When we come to the fifth place on the list, we mostly see Android phones. At this point, the Galaxy A14 was fifth with 12.4 million sales, while Samsung's only flagship phone on the list was the Galaxy S23 Ultra with 9.6 million sales. Immediately after, Galaxy A14 5G, Galaxy A54 5G, Galaxy A34 5G and iPhone 11 come respectively.