New GlobalWebIndex research shows that those with an iPhone are happiest with their handsets and that those with the latest models are the happiest of all.

At 64% no other make or model comes close to scoring as highly in the satisfaction stakes as an iPhone 6 or 6+.

In a study that spans 33 countries, only 5% of smartphone owners globally aged between 16-64 say that they are dissatisfied with their smartphone, regardless of its operating system or branding.

When asked how satisfied they were with their phone, 47% of HTC handset owners said ‘very,' while 51% of Sony phone owners feel the same.

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Though more popular globally, neither LG nor Samsung could score more than 50%, placing them in joint fourth place behind both the aforementioned Sony and ‘iPhone owners in general', 57% of whom are very satisfied, putting older iPhones in second place behind the latest generation handsets.