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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 85663, member: 27"] Apple steamrolled smartphone sales in 2025, locking down the charts with iPhones everywhere, while one awkward model faceplanted hard. Apple floods the top rankings [LIST] [*]Apple locked the top four best sellers. [*]iPhone 16 led the entire market. [*]iPhone 16 Pro Max followed closely. [*]iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max rounded it out. [/LIST] What Counterpoint flagged [LIST] [*]Counterpoint Research tracked the rankings. [*]Apple and Samsung filled all the top 10 slots. [*]Those models made up 19 percent of global sales. [*]No other brands broke through. [/LIST] iPhone 17 momentum [LIST] [*]Base iPhone 17 jumped four spots. [*]It posted the strongest growth. [*]The iPhone 17 lineup beat the iPhone 16 series. [*]Early sales ran 16 percent higher. [/LIST] Samsung’s lone bright spot [LIST] [*]Galaxy S25 Ultra held its ground. [*]It closed the gap with Samsung A-series phones. [*]Price differences stayed massive. [*]Volume still leaned premium. [/LIST] The iPhone Air stumble [LIST] [*]iPhone Air sold roughly 200,000 units in China. [*]iPhone 17 models moved about 17 million units there. [*]Discounts hit up to 2,000 yuan. [*]Extra subsidies stacked further cuts. [/LIST] Why the Air tanked [LIST] [*]Battery capacity stayed limited. [*]Only one 48MP camera shipped. [*]The single speaker felt cheap. [*]Resale value dropped 47.7 percent quickly. [/LIST] Apple’s bigger market grip [LIST] [*]iPhones hit 25 percent of China sales in October. [*]That mark only happened once before. [*]Apple targets 10 percent shipment growth. [*]Market share could reach 19.4 percent. [/LIST] Sheer volume reality [LIST] [*]Apple sold 231.8 million iPhones in 2024. [*]A 10 percent jump pushes shipments higher. [*]Estimates land near 255 million units. [*]Scale keeps separating Apple from rivals. [/LIST] Executive confidence [LIST] [*]Tim Cook projected record results. [*]December quarter guidance stayed bullish. [*]iPhone performance anchors optimism. [*]The sales machine keeps humming. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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