Apple has dominated 2024 smartphone sales with iPhone 15 Pro Max

Hardly surprising 15's are very very good phones, especially the Pro's!
Once people saw through the fake hype AI on the Samsung S24 range and particularly how blatantly Samsung copied the iPhone 15's, they went and bought the real deal, an iPHONE 

40domi said:

Hardly surprising 15's are very very good phones, especially the Pro's!
Once people saw through the fake hype AI on the Samsung S24 range and particularly how blatantly Samsung copied the iPhone 15's, they went and bought the real deal, an iPHONE 

From Counterpoint:

"The strong performance of the S24 series can be attributed to Samsung’s early refresh of the series, and its efforts in generative AI (GenAI) technology. The S24 series was the first to reach the market with GenAI features and capabilities, allowing users to create unique content and experience a new level of interaction with their smartphones."

It is suggesting those features actually gave the model a push. 

What you need to remember here is that they are talking about 'share' of 'models'.

For two companies with roughly the same output for any given quarter, the one with less models is likely to come out on top. 

avon b7 said:

40domi said:

Hardly surprising 15's are very very good phones, especially the Pro's!
Once people saw through the fake hype AI on the Samsung S24 range and particularly how blatantly Samsung copied the iPhone 15's, they went and bought the real deal, an iPHONE 

From Counterpoint:

"The strong performance of the S24 series can be attributed to Samsung’s early refresh of the series, and its efforts in generative AI (GenAI) technology. The S24 series was the first to reach the market with GenAI features and capabilities, allowing users to create unique content and experience a new level of interaction with their smartphones."

It is suggesting those features actually gave the model a push. 

What you need to remember here is that they are talking about 'share' of 'models'.

For two companies with roughly the same output for any given quarter, the one with less models is likely to come out on top. 

Marketshare is nice, but Apple had over 43% of revenue share to Samsung's 26% for Q3 of 2023, leaving 31% for everyone else. Apple's profit share remains above 80%. A unique OS is surely part of the reason for that, and Apple's limited number of models derives better production margins.

Still, Apple is hardly a monopoly, given that buyers have choice in the marketplace.

AI features in the iPhone 16 might very well juice sales just as it did for Samsung.

And there are still many people even today who still say Apple should go cheap to pick up marketshare......

If you can’t afford an Apple product, that’s your problem, not Apple’s. There all sort of deals, that allow many levels of income to acquire an Apple product.