India smartphone unit shipments Q2 2012-Q4 2021

With fast and cheap mobile data plans and the second largest population in the world, India has a lot to offer in the smartphone industry. Most of the Indian people use smartphones to connect to the internet, making it a huge market for many smartphone brands. Around 161 million smartphone units were shipped across India in the year of 2021.

Smartphone users in India

The Indian smartphone user base has a lot of potential to grow since many people still do not have internet subscription. However, the initiative by the central government to digitize the economy and availability of cheap internet plans by private sector firms such as Reliance Jio, has resulted in a significant increase. The smartphone user base in India is predicted to cross 75 percent by 2025.

The market of smartphones in India

The Indian smartphone market is filled with many brands. Xiaomi - a smartphone brand from China accounted for around 22 percent of the shipment share of smartphones across India in the third quarter of 2021. In July 2021, Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 9A was the best-selling smartphone in the country with five percent of the total market share.