Xiaomi really nailed it last quarter in India pushing Samsung behind to regain the number one position in the smartphone space. However, Samsung gave it back this time reclaiming the top position. According to Counterpoint Research, the smartphone market returned to double-digit growth (18%) YoY after flat first-quarter growth. As for the feature phone market, the segment continued to outpace the smartphone market with a YoY growth of 21%. Samsung gained a total market share of 29% outshining Xiaomi's 28% by just a small margin. This growth comes from the strong performance of models such as Galaxy J6, Galaxy J2 2018 and Galaxy J4. However, Xiaomi has seen a huge growth from 16% in Q2 2017 to 28% in Q2 2018. While Samsung jumped a good 5% from the same time last year. After Xiaomi and Samsung, it is Vivo who is in the third spot with a market share of 12%, however, it dipped by a small 1% margin from Q2 2017. OPPO including its RealMe brand secured the fourth spot with 10%; same as Q2 2018. Huawei/Honor brand jumped from 1% to 3% in the Q2 2018. These top five brands resulted in a record 82% share of the total smartphone market during the quarter. As ...
Thursday, 26 July 2018
Samsung surpasses Xiaomi in India to regain number one position with 29% market share in Q2 2018: Counterpoint
Xiaomi really nailed it last quarter in India pushing Samsung behind to regain the number one position in the smartphone space. However, Samsung gave it back this time reclaiming the top position. According to Counterpoint Research, the smartphone market returned to double-digit growth (18%) YoY after flat first-quarter growth. As for the feature phone market, the segment continued to outpace the smartphone market with a YoY growth of 21%. Samsung gained a total market share of 29% outshining Xiaomi's 28% by just a small margin. This growth comes from the strong performance of models such as Galaxy J6, Galaxy J2 2018 and Galaxy J4. However, Xiaomi has seen a huge growth from 16% in Q2 2017 to 28% in Q2 2018. While Samsung jumped a good 5% from the same time last year. After Xiaomi and Samsung, it is Vivo who is in the third spot with a market share of 12%, however, it dipped by a small 1% margin from Q2 2017. OPPO including its RealMe brand secured the fourth spot with 10%; same as Q2 2018. Huawei/Honor brand jumped from 1% to 3% in the Q2 2018. These top five brands resulted in a record 82% share of the total smartphone market during the quarter. As ...
