https://wccftech.com/iphone-xr-most-popular-us-smartphone-market-january/ > The global smartphone industry has been witnessing a decline since some time now and like most other markets, the U.S. isn’t immune to this slow down. Since November 2017, the country hasn’t witnessed a year-on-year volume gain and as per a new Counterpoint Research special, the downward trend continued into the new year. According to the firm, smartphone sales tumbled 2.7 percent year-on-year in January to 13.7 million units. While the overall situation looks bleak, the silver lining for Apple is that it’s cheapest 2018 model, the iPhone XR, was the best selling phone in the U.S. for January of this year. > Initial reports had speculated that the iPhone XR is struggling, particularly overseas, but in the Cupertino giant’s home market of the U.S., the phone was ahead of the iPhone XS Max, Samsung Galaxy Note 9, iPhone XS, and the Galaxy S9. Overall, Apple’s market share rose 1 percent in the U.S. and it retained the number one spot, according to the new research.