The number of Apple iPhone unit sales dramatically increased between 2007 and 2023. Indeed, in 2007, when the iPhone was first introduced, Apple shipped around *** million smartphones. By 2023, this number reached over *** million units. The newest models and iPhone’s lasting popularity Apple has ventured into its 17th smartphone generation with its Phone ** lineup, which, released in September 2023, includes the **, ** Plus, ** Pro and Pro Max. Powered by the A16 bionic chip and running on iOS **, these models present improved displays, cameras, and functionalities. On the one hand, such features come, however, with hefty price tags, namely, an average of ***** U.S. dollars. On the other hand, they contribute to making Apple among the leading smartphone vendors worldwide, along with Samsung and Xiaomi. In the first quarter of 2024, Samsung shipped over ** million smartphones, while Apple recorded shipments of roughly ** million units. Success of Apple’s other products Apart from the iPhone, which is Apple’s most profitable product, Apple is also the inventor of other heavy-weight players in the consumer electronics market. The Mac computer and the iPad, like the iPhone, are both pioneers in their respective markets and have helped popularize the use of PCs and tablets. The iPad is especially successful, having remained as the largest vendor in the tablet market ever since its debut. The hottest new Apple gadget is undoubtedly the Apple Watch, which is a line of smartwatches that has fitness tracking capabilities and can be integrated via iOS with other Apple products and services. The Apple Watch has also been staying ahead of other smart watch vendors since its initial release and secures around ** percent of the market share as of the latest quarter.

In the first quarter of its 2025 fiscal year, Apple generated around ** billion U.S. dollars in revenue from the sales of iPhones. Apple iPhone revenue The Apple iPhone is one of the biggest success stories in the smartphone industry. Since its introduction to the market in 2007, Apple has sold more than *** billion units worldwide. As of the third quarter of 2024, the Apple iPhone’s market share of new smartphone sales was over ** percent. Much of its accomplishments can be attributed to Apple’s ability to keep the product competitive throughout the years, with new releases and updates. Apple iPhone growth The iPhone has shown to be a crucial product for Apple, considering that the iPhone’s share of the company’s total revenue has consistently grown over the years. In the first quarter of 2009, the iPhone sales were responsible for about ********* of Apple’s revenue. In the third quarter of FY 2024, this figure reached a high of roughly ** percent, equating to less than ** billion U.S. dollars in that quarter. In terms of units sold, Apple went from around **** million units in 2010 to about *** million in 2023, but registered a peak in the fourth quarter of 2020 with more than ** million iPhones sold worldwide.

During the fourth quarter of 2024, Apple shipped around ** million iPhones, representing a more than ** million unit increase compared to the previous quarter, though this figure was about *** million units lower than the same quarter in the previous year. There has been a tendency of increased Apple smartphone shipments in the fourth quarters every year since 2011.  iPhones in the global smartphones picture After its release in 2007, the iPhone has gained solid ground in the global smartphone market, with market share fluctuating between ** and ** percent in recent years. As of the fourth quarter of 2024, Apple’s iPhones sales composed over ** percent of the total global smartphone sales. COVID-19 impact With the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), shipments of various high-tech products were expected to stagnate during the first quarter of 2020, according to revised forecasts from March **, 2020. Fewer smartphone units were expected to be shipped over the course of 2020, compared to previous forecasts. In 2021, however, Apple shipped more units globally than ever before.

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How many iPhones have been sold in 2018?

In the fourth quarter of 2018 alone, Apple sold 46.89 million iPhones worldwide, a figure which slightly outpaced its sales from the corresponding quarter of 2017. In entire 2018, 217.72 million iPhones were shipped worldwide. Apple typically releases at least one new version of its iPhone each year, a strategy which has helped the company consistently pull in quarterly sales figures in the tens of millions. Apple stopped reporting iPhone unit sales at the end of fiscal year 2018; more recent shipment data can be found here.

iPhone’s popularity

As of 2019, estimates suggest that the United States is home to around 266 million smartphone users, cementing the country’s place as a major regional market within the industry. Of those U.S. based smartphone consumers, over 45 percent are Apple iPhone users. This market share figure speaks to the iPhone’s massive popularity within its domestic market, but how does the product fare internationally? At a global scale, Apple’s flagship product faces increased competition, especially from established Asian technology firms like Samsung, Huawei, and OPPO. Despite this, the iPhone has consistently ranked among the most popular devices in the world since its initial release in June 2007.

Apple products

Although the iPhone is the company’s biggest revenue generator by far, Apple offers a multitude of products across a variety of consumer electronics categories. The company’s products include everything from laptops to smartwatches, while additionally offering tech-related services such as an online payment platform and cloud storage.

iPhone sales in the United States amounted to ** million units in the first quarter of 2018, a strong first quarter performance for Apple's signature smartphone. Apple in the United States Apple has a high presence in the United States more than anywhere else in the world. In 2018, **** percent of U.S. smartphone users used an iPhone. As of March 2019, iPhone’s installed base in the United States reached *** million. Apple’s tablet product iPad is also popular: as of February 2018, the ownership rate of iPad stood at ** percent for U.S. consumers aged between 30 and 44. According to a new Statista survey, when asked about how they feel about Apple on a gut level, ** percent U.S. consumers reported positive feelings. Although international sales have overtaken U.S. sales to become Apple’s major revenue stream, the home ground remains immensely significant for the company.

The statistic shows the combined unit shipments of Apple's iPhone by model worldwide from 2008 to 2015. Apple has sold about ***** units of its iPhone 5 model between the third quarter of 2012 and the second quarter of 2013.

The number of iPhone unit sales drastically increased between 2015 and 2023. During this period, the Americas have been Apple's most profitable regional market, recording almost *** million iPhone unit sales in 2023.

Tracking Apple major product units sold by Financial Year (products: iPad, iPhone, ipod) since launch. Per year and cumulative Units sold.Source: Apple 10-K at apple.com.Date: from launch to Q2 2014 (except iPod, since 2007). Last years data only includes Q1, Q2.Update: Unit Sales no longer reported after 2018. The Verge

The statistic shows the forecast unit shipments of Apple iPhones by model worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2014 and the first quarter of 2015. In the first quarter of 2015, iPhone 6 shipments were projected to amount to ***** million units.

iPhone sales by model – additional information

The iPhone, one of Apple’s most successful products, was a breakthrough product for the smartphone industry and is a dominant product in the market. Since the introduction of its first generation in 2007, Apple sold more than 820 million iPhones worldwide. The iPhone 5S is the most popular iPhone model, as around *** million people in the world use this device. The iPhone 6 has the second highest number of users amongst all models, ** million, closely followed by the iPhone 5 with ** million users worldwide.

Around ** million iPhones were shipped worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2014. The two newest models, iPhone 6 and 6s, accounted for about ** percent of all shipments. In the same fiscal quarter, iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C and iPhone 4S shipments were projected to amount to **** million units together. Apple’s ****** fiscal quarter corresponds to the third calendar quarter, as the company closes its balance by the end of September. Considering the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6s were both released in September of 2014, the statistic above presents the figures of the model’s introduction to the consumer market.

With a successful introduction to the market, the sales of the iPhone 6 and 6s had a direct impact on Apple’s revenue. In the ****** fiscal quarter of 2014, iPhone sales generated around ** billion U.S. dollars in revenues for the company, accounting for 56 percent of Apple’s revenue. In the first quarter of 2015, iPhone’s share of Apple’s revenue increased to almost ** percent, generating over ** billion U.S. dollars in revenues for the company.

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Introduction

iPhone Vs Android Statistics: The iPhone-Android rivalry has been one of the leading forces shaping the smartphone industry for over a decade. By 2024, this competition will continue influencing user preferences, market dynamics, and technological advancements.

By 2024, the rivalry between iPhone and Android continued to shape the smartphone industry through clear numerical contrasts. Android commanded roughly 70.9 percent of the global mobile OS market, while iOS held about 28 percent. In the United States, iPhone usage remained strong with approximately 57.7 percent market share, leaving Android at around 42.1 percent.

Worldwide, there were nearly 4 billion active Android users compared to roughly 1.5 billion iOS users. Apple shipped around 226 million iPhones in 2024, a 1 percent decline from the previous year, within a total smartphone shipment volume of approximately 1.22 billion units. In 2024, Android devices represented about 76 percent of smartphone shipments in Q1, with iOS at 19 percent.

This paper provides detailed iPhone vs Android statistics across various parameters such as market share, users, revenue, etc.

The iPhone is Apple’s most popular product, selling ***** million units in the fourth quarter of 2018. Apple’s other signature products, the iPad and the Mac computer, sold **** and *** million respectively in the same quarter. iPhone Apple’s iPhone, being first introduced to the market in 2007, was a revolutionary device that changed the landscape of the mobile phone industry. Now 12 years after its initial release, about *** billion iPhones have been sold worldwide, making it one of the most used smartphones in the world. Revenues generated from iPhone sales consistently make up around ** percent of Apple’s overall revenue in recent years and in the first quarter of 2019 alone, revenues generated by iPhone sales amounted to ** billion U.S. dollars. iPhone’s great success contributes to Apple’s booming revenue and helped to make the company one of the world’s most valuable brands.

Description for each of the variables:

1. Brands: The brands of smartphones included in the dataset.
2. Colors: The colors available for the smartphones.
3. Memory: The storage capacity of the smartphones, typically measured in gigabytes (GB) or megabytes (MB).
4. Storage: The internal storage capacity of the smartphones, often measured in gigabytes (GB) or megabytes (MB).
5. Rating: The user ratings or scores assigned to the smartphones, reflecting user satisfaction or performance.
6. Selling Price: The price at which the smartphones are sold to consumers.
7. Original Price: The original or list price of the smartphones before any discounts or promotions.
8. Mobile: Indicates whether the device is a mobile phone.
9. Discount: The discount applied to the original price to calculate the selling price.
10. Discount percentage: The percentage discount applied to the original price to calculate the selling price.

In 2024, Apple shipped ** million smartphones to India. It was Apple's best year in the country, a significant growth over the previous year. Apple's market share in India stood around *** percent in the same year.

Apple held the largest slice of the global smartphone market by shipments during the fourth quarter of 2024, followed by Samsung. Xiaomi has taken a tight grip on the third position, accounting for a market share of ** percent in the fourth quarter of 2024. Samsung and Apple smartphone sales Smartphone vendors have been suffering from the events of the past couple of years, including the pandemic and the economic downturn. However, they all appear to be recovering, as shown by the recent increase in shipments. For instance, mostly based on the main line of Galaxy Series, Samsung's smartphone shipments totaled nearly ***** million units globally in 2024. Next to Samsung, Apple is a major manufacturer of smartphones worldwide, with the company shipping more than *** million iPhones worldwide in 2024. Apple’s sales tend to be very cyclical, peaking in the fourth quarter each year, much like in the fourth quarter of 2023, when they took the first spot in terms of units shipped globally with around **** units. Xiaomi in the lead While Apple and Samsung are typically the two major companies challenging for the top spot, Huawei had provided a strong challenge in recent years. Particularly, the Chinese company managed to climb the smartphone market ladder between 2011 and 2024, recording shipments of over ** million smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2024. However, strong performances from rivals like Xiaomi and the effects of the U.S. trade ban have since seen Huawei fall outside the list of top five vendors by smartphone shipments.

Apple has experienced relatively cyclical sales, where sales and market share peak in the fourth quarter each year. In the fourth quarter of 2021, Apple sold ***** million smartphones, approximately ** million units more than during the third quarter of 2021.

Apple claimed a **** percent share of the market in the second quarter of 2024, an increase from the previous quarter. Apple's long time competitor, Samsung, ranked first with a market share of **** percent. Apple and Samsung continue to dominate the smartphone market Apple has been among the top-five smartphone vendors in the world since 2009. With the decline of former market leaders Nokia and RIM, Apple and Samsung were able to grow their presence in the market. As a result of political pressure, tariffs and restrictions imposed by the U.S, Chinese manufacturer Huawei has recently dropped off of the top five list in the smartphone market, while Xiaomi, Oppo, and Transsion have gained ground. Coronavirus (COVD-19) pandemic impact on iPhone sales While the long-term impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on sale is difficult to determine, the immediate impact was quickly visible. While large quarterly fluctuations are normal for Apple’s revenue cycle, one must look back to 2017 to find two consecutive quarters in which Apple generated less than ** billion U.S. dollars in revenue from the iPhone. A less strong performance in the first quarter of 2024, lead by the iPhone 16, gave Apple the ****** spot in terms of quarterly global unit shipments after Samsung, although strong sales in the fourth quarter of every year is a common occurrence with Apple products.

About Flipkart:

Flipkart is an Indian e-commerce company, headquartered in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. It is the largest e-commerce company in India and was founded by Sachin and Binny Bansal. The company has wide variety of products electronics like laptops, tablets, smartphones, and mobile accessories to in-vogue fashion staples like shoes, clothing and lifestyle accessories; from modern furniture like sofa sets, dining tables, and wardrobes to appliances that make your life easy like washing machines, TVs, ACs, mixer grinder juicers and other time-saving kitchen and small appliances; from home furnishings like cushion covers, mattresses and bedsheets to toys and musical instruments.

Mobile Phones

Mobile phones are one of the most rapidly rising industries, as well as one of the most prominent industries in the technology sector. The rate of increase has been exponential, with the number of mobile phone customers increasing fivefold in the last decade. Globally, the number of smartphones sold to end users climbed from 300 million in 2010 to 1.5 billion by 2020.

Flipkart and Mobile Phones

As previously stated, mobile phones are in high demand and are one of the ideal products for a novice to sell. Flipkart will be the ideal spot for a vendor to market their stuff because its reach.

Content

The dataset contains description of top 5 most popular mobile brand in India. Columns : There are 16 columns each having a title which is self explanatory. Rows : There are 430 rows each having a mobile with at least a distinct feature.

Acknowledgements

The data was retrieved directly from Flipkart website using some web crawling techniques

Assumption

We don’t have direct sales report of how many units of a mobile model was sold. In general, number of people rating a product is directly proportional to number of units sold. So, for the purpose of the solution, we are using number of people rating the product as the equivalent units sold.

Inspiration

The objective is to address a hypothetical business problem for a Flipkart Authorized Seller. According to the hypothesis the individual is looking to sell mobile phones on Flipkart. For this, the individual is looking for the best product, brand, specification and deals that can generate the most revenue with the least amount of investment and budget constraints.

Questions to be answered: 1. Whether he should sell product for a particular brand only or try to focus on model from different brands? 2. Using EDA and Data Visualization find out insights and relation between different features 3. Perform detailed analysis of each brand. 4. Assuming a budget for the problem come to a solution with maximum return.

The statistic depicts the unit shipments of iPhones to China from 2013 to 2016. In 2016, around ** million iPhones in total were shipped to China, down from ** million units of shipments in the previous year.

Smartphone shipments in China – additional information

Since 2011, the number of smartphone shipments in China has steadily increased, reaching over 100 million units in the first quarter of 2014 alone. For all of 2014, over *** million smartphones were shipped in China. This figure is forecast to drop to about *** million units in 2015. Regardless of this small decline, more smartphones were sold in China than in any other country in the world. In 2015, China was responsible for almost ** percent of the smartphone shipments worldwide. The country is forecast to maintain its leadership, as China is projected to account for about a quarter of the worldwide smartphone shipments in 2019.

Almost ** percent of the Chinese mobile phone users are expected to use a smartphone by 2018. In 2014, there were ***** million smartphone users in China. By 2019, this figure is expected to almost reach the *** million mark. Samsung and Apple are forecast to sell the most smartphones in China, with ** million units and ** million units respectively in 2015. In terms of operating systems, Google’s Android holds more than ** percent of the market share, whereas Apple’s iOS accounts for about ** percent of the smartphone operating system market in China.