iPhones made up greater than half of all smartphones shipped in North America through the second quarter of 2022, in response to a market analysis agency. This marks the third quarter in a row that greater than 50% of the handsets shipped within the area got here from Apple.
Samsung, the subsequent nearest rival, had lower than half as many shipments in Canada, Unites States and Mexico.
iPhone 13 shipments for the win
Whereas Android captures a bigger share of the world market, Apple stays on prime in america. A whopping 88% of U.S. teenagers personal an iPhone.
And the April-to-June interval was one other sturdy one for iPhone. “Apple grew 3% and has dominated over half the North American area for 3 consecutive quarters, because of strong iPhone 13 demand mixed with a full quarter’s efficiency of its entry-level mannequin, the iPhone SE (third Gen),” the analysts at Canalys report.
There have been 18.5 million iPhones shipped in North America in Q2, up from 18 million in the identical quarter a yr in the past. That gave Cupertino 52% of the entire market.
Canalys says the 6.1-inch iPhone 13 is much and away the best-selling handset within the area through the second quarter of 2022. And all the prime 5 hottest fashions hail from Apple.
Samsung and Android are available second
Samsung was a distant second with 9 million items shipped within the second quarter of 2022, in response to Canalys. That’s a 4% enhance, and was sufficient to offer the Korean firm 26% of the North American market.
The Galaxy S22 Extremely was Samsung’s greatest performer within the area at sixth place. Shipments of the cheaper Galaxy S22 got here in beneath the iPhone 13 mini, a mannequin Apple reportedly will discontinue this yr due to weak gross sales.
Different Android-makers eked out single-digit shares of the Q2 North American market. Motorola had 9% of the market, TCL had 5% and Google had 2%.