India Smartphone Market: Samsung tops, Chinese brand Xiaomi, Realme ‘lagging behind’! Who’s at number two? Know
From the third quarter of the year 2022, the period of decline seen by the Indian smartphone market seems to be stopping. India’s smartphone market has stabilized in the second quarter (April to June) of 2023 after a record decline of 27 per cent. During this period, 36.1 million (3.61 crore) units were shipped and the decline in the market was limited to 1%. These figures have come to the fore in a new report by Canalys. Samsung is at the forefront of smartphone shipments. Both Xiaomi and Realme have been left behind, as Vivo has made it to the second number.
As per Canalis statistics Let us tell you that in the second quarter of this year, Samsung is at the forefront of Indian smartphone shipments and annual growth. It has shipped 66 lakh smartphones. Samsung’s market share is 18 percent. However, compared to the second quarter of 2022, Samsung’s shipments declined by 1 percent. The company had shipped 6.7 million smartphones during this period last year.
Vivo has benefited the most. Vivo has shipped 6.4 million smartphones in the second quarter of 2023. It currently has a market share of 18 per cent, which is 7 per cent more than in the second quarter of last year.
At number three is Xiaomi, which shipped 5.4 million smartphones in the second quarter this year. Xiaomi’s market share is 15 percent more, but it is 22 percent less than in the second quarter of 2022. Then the company had shipped 7 million smartphones.
Reality is at the fourth position. In the second quarter of this year, its smartphone shipments figure is 4.3 million. This is 29 percent less than the second quarter of last year. Then the company had made 61 lakh shipments. Oppo is at number five and its shipments have also decreased by 7 percent as compared to the second quarter of 2022. The rest of the smartphone brands have 27 per cent market share. They have done 97 lakh shipments in the second quarter of this year, which is 44% more than last year.
