Counterpoint Research has just revealed its list of the top ten best-selling smartphones in Q3 2024, and it looks like Samsung has several reasons to be pleased with this report.

Tracking company reported that the Samsung Galaxy S24 made the list, albeit at number ten. This is still a notable result, as no Galaxy flagships made the list in Q3 2023.

However, Counterpoint Research says this is a bigger deal than first thought:

Also, for the first time in a third quarter of 2018, a variant of the Galaxy S series entered the top 10. Sales of the Galaxy S24 series were mainly driven by a strong marketing focus on its GenAI capabilities.

In other words, this is the first time since the Galaxy S9 series that a Galaxy S phone entered the top ten in the third quarter of the year. This is particularly noteworthy since the Galaxy S24 series was launched in January, suggesting that the 2024 flagship phones have seen a long-term sales boost.

However, this is not the only reason for Samsung to be happy. The best-selling Android phone was the Galaxy A15 4G in fourth place, ranking one place higher than the best-selling Android phone a year ago (Galaxy A14 4G).

However, six of the top ten phones were iPhones, with Apple phones taking the top three spots. Other Android phones on the list were the Galaxy A15 5G (fifth), Galaxy A35 5G (sixth), Galaxy A05 (seventh) and Redmi 13C 4G (ninth). It is also interesting to note that Galaxy A55 5G it didn’t make the top ten this year, despite its predecessor landing at number seven last year, although the A55 5G didn’t get a US launch.