India continues to be the second biggest smartphone market in the world, with over 152 million units that calculates 8.0% year-over-year (YoY) growth, according to IDC. The top 5 smartphone manufacturer who sold the most amount of units in India for 2019 were: Xiaomi, Vivo, Samsung, OPPO and realme. In regards to Q4 2019, the market saw a growth of 5.5% YoY, shipping a total of 36.9 million smartphone units. This does a calculate 20.8% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decline but that is expected as Q3 of a year will see huge shipment numbers due to Diwali festive sales period. Online channels saw a growth of 11.2% YoY in Q4 2019 with 43.3% market share and offline channels saw a tiny growth of 1.4% YoY Xiaomi dominated the Indian market, selling a whopping 43.6 million units in 2019. Its 9.2% YoY growth can be explained with the launch of its popular Redmi Note 7 Pro, Redmi 6A and the newer Redmi 8/Note 8 series. Vivo took the second place for Q4 2019, with 6.9 million units, seeing a massive growth of 96.5% compared to Q4 2018. While Samsung remained at second place for overall smartphone shipments in 2019, its slipped to third place during Q4 2019, ...
Monday, 10 February 2020
India smartphone market in 2019: 152.5 million units shipped, up 8% YoY; Xiaomi continues as market leader
India continues to be the second biggest smartphone market in the world, with over 152 million units that calculates 8.0% year-over-year (YoY) growth, according to IDC. The top 5 smartphone manufacturer who sold the most amount of units in India for 2019 were: Xiaomi, Vivo, Samsung, OPPO and realme. In regards to Q4 2019, the market saw a growth of 5.5% YoY, shipping a total of 36.9 million smartphone units. This does a calculate 20.8% quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) decline but that is expected as Q3 of a year will see huge shipment numbers due to Diwali festive sales period. Online channels saw a growth of 11.2% YoY in Q4 2019 with 43.3% market share and offline channels saw a tiny growth of 1.4% YoY Xiaomi dominated the Indian market, selling a whopping 43.6 million units in 2019. Its 9.2% YoY growth can be explained with the launch of its popular Redmi Note 7 Pro, Redmi 6A and the newer Redmi 8/Note 8 series. Vivo took the second place for Q4 2019, with 6.9 million units, seeing a massive growth of 96.5% compared to Q4 2018. While Samsung remained at second place for overall smartphone shipments in 2019, its slipped to third place during Q4 2019, ...
