Apple's year-and-half old iPhone 6s was the best-selling smartphone globally last year, beating newer rivals such as Samsung's Galaxy S7 models, according to new research by financial services company IHS Markit. According to a press release on IHS' website on Wednesday, the new iPhone 7 was the best-seller in the fourth quarter alone, followed by iPhone 7 Plus. Apple took the top four spots ahead of companies such as Samsung and Oppo. See Also: Prices of Apple iPhones The previous generation iPhone 6s and 6s Plus released back in 2015, were both among the most-shipped models in 2016. Meanwhile, Samsung’s Galaxy S7 Edge was the Korean company’s most popular flagship in 2016, and its ranked fifth followed by the Galaxy J3, Galaxy J5, and Galaxy S7 which was ranked ninth, outperforming S6 and S6 Edge in terms of sales. One has to wonder how well the Note 7 would have performed were it not for the disastrous recall. With the recall of the Note 7, S7

Samsung has made a habit out of releasing its flagship smartphones in various color variants, and things will be no different with the Galaxy S8. From what we've seen thus far, we are expecting the Galaxy S8 series to have four to six color versions, and one of them should be gold. First spotted about a week ago in a couple of low-res hands-on photos , the gold Galaxy S8 can now be seen again, this time in a high-resolution render. Published by Evan Blass (@evleaks on Twitter), this new render also shows black and grey/purple variants of the upcoming phone - we've seen these before, of course. The full image seems to be part of some promo material, possibly including official wallpapers that will ship with the S8. RELATED: Samsung Galaxy Smart Phones Prices in Nigeria Samsung will officially announce the Galaxy S8 family (including a 5.8-inch Galaxy S8 and a 6.2-inch Galaxy S8+) on March 29. The company already released an Unpacked 2017 app that will allow anyone to