{"id":107927,"date":"2025-12-26T15:56:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T15:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/the-iphone-17-was-a-win-but-apple-needs-to-keep-buffing-up-the-base-model-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T15:57:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T15:57:34","slug":"the-iphone-17-was-a-win-but-apple-needs-to-keep-buffing-up-the-base-model-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2025\/12\/26\/the-iphone-17-was-a-win-but-apple-needs-to-keep-buffing-up-the-base-model-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The iPhone 17 was a win, but Apple needs to keep buffing up the base model in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the subject of US and UK smartphone gross sales in 2026, Apple<\/a> goes to win. Based on Counterpoint Research<\/a>, Apple achieved half of all cell shipments within the US in Q3 2025. Within the UK, Uswitch<\/a> reviews that Apple had a market share of 48.5% in September 2025. And whereas Apple\u2019s lead would possibly fluctuate, it has been fixed in each nations for years, and is overwhelmingly prone to proceed.<\/p>\n

Regardless of this near-certainty, Apple spent 2025 pushing the iPhone ahead in a number of methods \u2013 some overdue, and a few surprisingly forward-thinking. The iPhone 17<\/a> is the most effective base-model iPhone in years, the iPhone 17 Professional Max has begun its reign because the best iPhone<\/a> and best camera phone<\/a>, and the iPhone Air<\/a> made waves as Apple\u2019s first skinny and lightweight flagship and the primary actual challenger to the Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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