We’ve always said that the decision to purchase a certain smartphone is a personal choice and while the market gets flooded with new phones every other week that decision becomes much harder.

It’s no longer just about the price of the device or the brand name it bears, people now consider a recommendation from other users as a purchasing factor over just the hardware specifications of the device (this is literally why we exist).

The current market trend is that we are seeing good devices become really cheap and cheap devices become good (maybe not really good) but also, the ceiling for how much brands can charge for a phone has slowly been lifted beyond the Kes.100,000 ($1000) mark with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and even the recently launched iPhone 11 Pro.

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Interestingly though, according to a report by IHS Markit Technology, seven (7) out of the top ten (10) best selling smartphones in the world are budget smartphones which all cost less than Kes.30,000 ($300) – the other three spots are taken by iPhones.

Samsung’s new A-Series smartphone dominate the list (kinda) with the Galaxy A50, Galaxy A30 and Galaxy A10 making a debut. There are also two Xiaomi phones on the list and a surprise appearance by the OPPO A50.

Here’s the list of the best selling smartphones between January and August 2019:

	Smartphone model	Brand	Units sold (in millions)
1	iPhone XR	Apple	26.9
2	Galaxy A10	Samsung	13.4
3	Galaxy A50	Samsung	12.0
4	iPhone 8	Apple	10.3
5	Redmi 6A	Xiaomi	10.0
6	Redmi Note 7	Xiaomi	10.0
7	Galaxy J2 Core	Samsung	9.9
8	A5	OPPO	9.7
9	iPhone XS Max	Apple	9.6
10	Galaxy A30	Samsung	9.2

Do you own any of these phones? Why did you buy it?

Some of the reviews we’ve done:

iPhone XS Max – I Thought Buying an iPhone Was a Good Idea

Samsung Galaxy A30 – Welcome The New Galaxy