India smartphone unit shipments Q2 2012-Q3 2020
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. More than 54 million smartphone units were shipped across India in the third quarter of 2020.
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 35 percent by 2022.
The market of smartphones in India
The Indian smartphone market is filled with many brands. Xiaomi- a smartphone brand from China accounted for almost 30 percent of the shipment share of smartphones across India in the first quarter of 2019. In January 2020, Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 8 was the best-selling smartphone in the country with seven percent of the total market share. As far as the operating systems are concerned, Android accounted for more than 90 percent of the market share in the country in 2016.
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 35 percent by 2022.
The market of smartphones in India
The Indian smartphone market is filled with many brands. Xiaomi- a smartphone brand from China accounted for almost 30 percent of the shipment share of smartphones across India in the first quarter of 2019. In January 2020, Xiaomi’s Redmi Note 8 was the best-selling smartphone in the country with seven percent of the total market share. As far as the operating systems are concerned, Android accounted for more than 90 percent of the market share in the country in 2016.
