Unlocked Mobile Phones

This weekly AI Brand Index shows how AI tools answer buyer questions in the Unlocked Mobile Phones category. SupaIntent asks each LLM the same question: which brands are the most visible, significant, and recommended in that niche. Each system returns its own top. We track what brands are recommended, which cited sources are used and how positions move week to week. Use it to see the freshest AI visibility data for this category.

Updated 9 August 2026

Current leaders

Brands

Category coverage

ranked across AI engines

Sources

Evidence base

domains cited in answers

Brand sites

Official share

from brand-owned domains

AI model filter

Position history

Latest brand positions
Brand	Latest rank
Apple	1
Samsung	2
Google	3
Motorola	4
OnePlus	5

Apple

Samsung

Google

Motorola

OnePlus

Xiaomi

OPPO

vivo

Huawei

Nothing

What AI tools say about Unlocked Mobile Phones

Movement

What changed this week?

Apple has held the top position since 26 July 2026, and the ranking below it moved little this week.

Sources

Which sources shape AI answers?

No single publisher dominates. The most cited sources are Counterpointresearch, Bestbuy and Tomsguide, which means the citation field is open.

Engines

Do AI engines agree on the leader?

The engines disagree on the leader. ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity name Apple first and Google AI Mode names Samsung.

Citation-ready

Key facts from this AI Brand Index report

Short facts for quoting and AI citations

Dataset size

The latest Unlocked Mobile Phones run found 15 recommended brands and 16 cited sources in AI answers.

Current leader

Apple ranks #1 for Unlocked Mobile Phones in the latest SupaIntent AI Brand Index run.

Top brands

Apple, Samsung, and Google lead Unlocked Mobile Phones across AI answers from ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity.

Brand sites

Counterpointresearch, Bestbuy, and Tomsguide are the most cited brand sites in this category.

Weekly movement

Top 10 only

Biggest losses

Moved down this week

Sony3 to #13

Unchanged at the top

Leader held position

Applestayed #1

Rank history

Weekly rank changes for the current top 10

HTML table for crawlers and readers

Rank	Brand	Previous	Current	Change	Best
#1	Apple	#1	#1	0	#1
#2	Samsung	#2	#2	0	#1
#3	Google	#3	#3	0	#3
#4	Motorola	#4	#4	0	#4
#5	OnePlus	#6	#5	1	#4
#6	Xiaomi	#5	#6	1	#5
#7	OPPO	#7	#7	0	#7
#8	vivo	#8	#8	0	#8
#9	Huawei	#11	#9	2	#9
#10	Nothing	#9	#10	1	#7

Current brand snapshot

15 brands

#	Pos.	Brand	ChatGPT	Google AI Mode	Gemini	Perplexity
1	0	Apple	#1	#2	#1	#1
2	0	Samsung	#2	#1	#2	#2
3	0	Google	#3	#7	#3	#6
4	0	Motorola	#4	#6	#4	#7
5	+1	OnePlus	#5	#8	#5	#5
6	-1	Xiaomi	-	#3	#6	#4
7	0	OPPO	-	#4	#9	-
8	0	vivo	-	#5	#8	-
9	+2	Huawei	-	-	-	#3
10	-1	Nothing	#6	#10	#10	-
11	+4	ASUS	#10	-	#7	#10
12	+2	Nokia	#8	-	-	#9
13	-3	Sony	#9	-	-	#8
14	New	TCL	#7	-	-	-
15	-3	Realme	-	#9	-	-

Current source snapshot

16 sources

#	Source	Ment.Mentions
1	Counterpointresearch	12
2	Bestbuy	9
3	Tomsguide	7
4	Pcmag	5
5	Which	5
6	Techradar	4
7	Androidauthority	3
8	Statcounter	3
9	Idc	3
10	Statista	3
11	Bankmycell	2
12	Expertmarketresearch	2
13	Gartner	2
14	Annualreports	1
15	Forbes	1
16	TclOfficial	1

Position history

Latest brand positions
Brand	Latest rank
Apple	1
Samsung	2
Google	3
Motorola	4
OnePlus	5

Apple

Samsung

Google

Motorola

OnePlus

Nothing

TCL

Nokia

Sony

ASUS

Current brand snapshot

10 brands

#	Pos.	Brand	ChatGPT	Google AI Mode	Gemini	Perplexity
1	+2	Apple	#1	-	-	-
2	0	Samsung	#2	-	-	-
3	New	Google	#3	-	-	-
4	+1	Motorola	#4	-	-	-
5	-1	OnePlus	#5	-	-	-
6	0	Nothing	#6	-	-	-
7	New	TCL	#7	-	-	-
8	New	Nokia	#8	-	-	-
9	New	Sony	#9	-	-	-
10	0	ASUS	#10	-	-	-

Current source snapshot

5 sources

#	Source	Ment.Mentions
1	Bestbuy	9
2	Tomsguide	7
3	Which	5
4	Techradar	3
5	TclOfficial	1

Position history

Latest brand positions
Brand	Latest rank
Samsung	1
Apple	2
Xiaomi	3
OPPO	4
vivo	5

Samsung

Apple

Xiaomi

OPPO

vivo

Motorola

Google

OnePlus

Realme

Nothing

Current brand snapshot

10 brands

#	Pos.	Brand	ChatGPT	Google AI Mode	Gemini	Perplexity
1	0	Samsung	-	#1	-	-
2	0	Apple	-	#2	-	-
3	0	Xiaomi	-	#3	-	-
4	+2	OPPO	-	#4	-	-
5	+2	vivo	-	#5	-	-
6	-2	Motorola	-	#6	-	-
7	-2	Google	-	#7	-	-
8	0	OnePlus	-	#8	-	-
9	0	Realme	-	#9	-	-
10	0	Nothing	-	#10	-	-

Current source snapshot

4 sources

#	Source	Ment.Mentions
1	Counterpointresearch	4
2	Idc	3
3	Expertmarketresearch	2
4	Techradar	1

Position history

Latest brand positions
Brand	Latest rank
Apple	1
Samsung	2
Google	3
Motorola	4
OnePlus	5

Apple

Samsung

Google

Motorola

OnePlus

Xiaomi

ASUS

vivo

OPPO

Nothing

Current brand snapshot

10 brands

#	Pos.	Brand	ChatGPT	Google AI Mode	Gemini	Perplexity
1	0	Apple	-	-	#1	-
2	0	Samsung	-	-	#2	-
3	+1	Google	-	-	#3	-
4	-1	Motorola	-	-	#4	-
5	+1	OnePlus	-	-	#5	-
6	-1	Xiaomi	-	-	#6	-
7	New	ASUS	-	-	#7	-
8	-1	vivo	-	-	#8	-
9	-1	OPPO	-	-	#9	-
10	0	Nothing	-	-	#10	-

Current source snapshot

6 sources

#	Source	Ment.Mentions
1	Pcmag	5
2	Counterpointresearch	4
3	Androidauthority	3
4	Statcounter	3
5	Bankmycell	2
6	Forbes	1

Position history

Latest brand positions
Brand	Latest rank
Apple	1
Samsung	2
Huawei	3
Xiaomi	4
OnePlus	5

Apple

Samsung

Huawei

Xiaomi

OnePlus

Google (Pixel)

Motorola

Sony

Nokia

ASUS

Current brand snapshot

10 brands

#	Pos.	Brand	ChatGPT	Google AI Mode	Gemini	Perplexity
1	0	Apple	-	-	-	#1
2	0	Samsung	-	-	-	#2
3	+3	Huawei	-	-	-	#3
4	+1	Xiaomi	-	-	-	#4
5	-2	OnePlus	-	-	-	#5
6	-2	Google (Pixel)	-	-	-	#6
7	+1	Motorola	-	-	-	#7
8	-1	Sony	-	-	-	#8
9	0	Nokia	-	-	-	#9
10	New	ASUS	-	-	-	#10

Current source snapshot

4 sources

#	Source	Ment.Mentions
1	Counterpointresearch	4
2	Statista	3
3	Gartner	2
4	Annualreports	1

Common AI search questions about Unlocked Mobile Phones

Who leads Unlocked Mobile Phones in AI answers?

Apple is the most recommended unlocked mobile phones brand in the latest AI Brand Index run. The next highest-ranked brands are Samsung and Google. The engines disagree on the leader. ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity name Apple first and Google AI Mode names Samsung.

Which cited sources are used for Unlocked Mobile Phones?

The most cited sources for unlocked mobile phones recommendations are Counterpointresearch, Bestbuy and Tomsguide, out of 16 tracked sources. No single publisher dominates. The most cited sources are Counterpointresearch, Bestbuy and Tomsguide, which means the citation field is open.

How fresh is this Unlocked Mobile Phones ranking?

The AI Brand Index updates every Sunday. In the latest run, Sony moved three or more positions in the unlocked mobile phones index.

How to cite this report

Cite the canonical SupaIntent report page when referencing this AI visibility ranking.

SupaIntent AI Brand Index: Unlocked Mobile Phones. https://supaintent.com/ai-brand-index/electronics-communications-telephony-mobile-phones-unlocked-mobile-phones

Report data

Download the same ranking data used by the chart, tables and Dataset schema.

CSV ranking JSON dataset

AI Brand Index methodology

Rankings use collected AI answers, cited sources, brand-site matching, and provider-level position history.

Read methodology

SupaIntent measures buying-intent AI answers across ChatGPT, Google AI Mode, Gemini and Perplexity.
This report uses the latest observed AI answers for Unlocked Mobile Phones, including 15 recommended brands and 16 cited sources.
Brand sites are identified from official domains and subdomains, then separated from review, community and publisher sources.
Weekly movement compares the latest rank with the previous collected position for each brand.

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