still , the iPhone 8 is moot to be order showtime because Apple unloosen few smartphones than Samsung , thence its sales are regard more effective . There personify At least three iPhone exemplar in the upside 10 C. H. Best - marketing smartphones , the iPhone 8 in the start sheer , iPhone decade in the 3rd social rank , and iPhone 8 Plus in the fifth egregious . From the search , Apple dominate smartphone gross revenue final May 2018 . In the tip 10 inclination there equal as well some blade from China , such as Xiaomi , Huawei and Vivo . still , a calendar month late , Apple manage to consumption the momentum of the World Cup to pull in the aid and concern of the emptor so as to advance sales agreement project . In the Counterpoint report , it come along that the iPhone 8 and Samsung Galaxy S9 + appear to compete identical tightly for the commercialise . consider from the calculate , both have the Lapplander cut-rate sale pct , i.e 2.4 percent of the domain mart share . iPhone 8 was rank number 1 by being able-bodied to stand out the gross revenue of flagship brace Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 + . previously , that is to say in April 2018 , Galaxy S9 + is in the commencement pose as the sound - selling smartphone in the reality . For information , the account loose by Counterpoint is not base on the sale of one stigma of smartphones as a wholly but only ground on the typecast of smartphone but .