On April 18, Patently Apple posted a report titled  Worldwide Smartphone Shipments for Q1 2023 have Apple and Samsung in a statistical tie in Market Share, a leap for Apple from a year ago." What the April report from Canalys didn't provide was a breakdown of the iPhone or Galaxy smartphones that provided each company with their success for the quarter.

Yesterday Canalys provided a single chart presenting the top 15 smartphone models for Q1 2023 and it's no surprise that Apple's iPhone took 7 of the 15 and more importantly took the top 4 places starting with three iPhone 14 models followed by the iPhone 13. The iPhone 14 Plus took 6^th place, the iPhone 12 took 8^th place and the iPhone SE (3^rd gen) took 11^th place. Even Apple's iPhone 13 did better than Samsung's Flagship phone, the Galaxy S23 Ultra. 

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The Canalys chart also shows that the top 4 iPhone models sold in mass quantities compared to the Galaxy S23 models. Apple focuses on fewer iPhone models and derives maximum profit.

On the flipside, Samsung is possessed at being #1 in volume shipments and does this by selling smartphones at almost every price point in the market, making little profit in the process.