Top 10 trending phones of week 36

Chip, 11 September 2023

One phone was on everyone's mind these days as it prepares to make its official debut. The iPhone 15 Pro Max will break with tradition and become more than just a lager iPhone Pro - the periscope telephoto camera will make it a considerably more exciting cameraphone than its siblings in the upcoming iPhone 15 lineup.

And with Apple's upcoming flagship topping our week 36 chart, it was Huawei's newly announced Mate 60 Pro+ to slot in second. The most popular phone in our database for 2023 - the Samsung Galaxy A54 makes it three different makers on the podium.

Last week's leader - the Huawei Mate 60 Pro - is now down to fourth, just ahead of the Galaxy S23 Ultra, which slides down to fifth.

We then have the Redmi Note 12 Pro and Redmi Note 12 in sixth and seventh, edging another rumored phone. It's not another member of the Apple iPhone 15 lineup though, instead it's the Pixel 8 Pro, which in the usual Google fashion is leaking with such intensity that we know most of its bits and pieces well before its announcement.

The Redmi 12 took ninth, while the iPhone 14 Pro Max comes in tenth and makes this entire edition of the chart an iPhone Pro Max sandwich.

That means we lose the Sony Xperia 5 V and the Galaxy pair of A34 and A14. We expect more new faces next week as Apple delivers its Wunderlust event on Tuesday so it will be interesting to see which current members will survive the onslaught.

See you next week!