This year is going to be great for Apple. The company’s iPhone 17 series has created a stir in the global smartphone market, leaving all expectations behind. iPhone 17 is selling well in global markets including China and America and has broken all records. Due to this, all the estimates of smartphone sales this year have been left behind. Let us know what impact the sale of iPhone 17 has had on the market.
Tremendous sales of iPhone 17
Due to the superhit of iPhone 17, Apple has shipped a record 24.7 crore iPhones this year. There is an increase of 6.1 percent in the company’s shipments on an annual basis. Its sales have been so tremendous that IDC has had to change its estimates. Earlier it had expected that the smartphone market would grow by 1 percent in 2025, but now it has changed it and made a new estimate of 1.5 percent growth.
Superhit sale in China also
China is Apple’s biggest market and the demand for iPhone 17 has increased rapidly in October and November. In both these months, it was the best selling phone in China and it has captured 20 percent market share. Earlier Apple felt that its market in China would decrease by 1 percent, but now it is expected to increase by 3 percent. Let us tell you that Apple has given many major upgrades in iPhone 17. Without increasing the price, many features of Pro models have been added to it, due to which people are liking this iPhone very much.
The situation may change next year
The situation may change for Apple in 2026. Actually, the company has changed the schedule of launching the iPhone 18 series. Apple will launch only the iPhone 18 Pro, 18 Pro Max and foldable iPhones in September 2026, while the standard model iPhone 18 of the series will be launched along with the affordable variant iPhone 18e in early 2027. Due to this, Apple’s shipments are expected to decline by 4.2 percent in 2026. Also, due to shortage and increase in price of memory chips, a decline of 0.9 percent has been estimated in the overall market.
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