India Smartphone Market: The Indian smartphone market has once again seen growth. Growth in smartphone shipments is seen in the first quarter of 2024. According to the report of research firm Canalys, smartphone shipments in India have been 15 percent more than last year’s first quarter Q1 2023. However, shipments have declined by 5 percent compared to the last quarter of 2023. According to the report, a total of 35.3 million smartphones have been shipped in the Indian market in the first quarter of the year Q1 2024.
Samsung’s dominance continues
According to Canalys report, in the first quarter of the year, Samsung has shipped the highest number of 6.7 million phones in the Indian smartphone market. The company has been better than other brands in terms of shipment. Samsung’s market share in the first quarter of the year is 19 percent. Last year too, Samsung had the highest market share at 21 percent.
India smartphone market
At the same time, Xiaomi is at second place with 18 percent market share. In the first quarter of 2023, Xiaomi’s market share was 16 percent and it was at third place. Xiaomi shipped a total of 6.4 million smartphones in India in the first quarter of the year.
Vivo has shipped a total of 6.2 million units of smartphones in India in the first quarter of 2024. The company is at third position with 18 percent market share. After this, another Chinese brand Oppo has shipped 3.7 million units of smartphones in India. The company is at fourth position with 10 percent market share. Realme is in fifth place with 3.4 million units. Realme’s market share is 10 percent.
India smartphone market
Increased demand for iPhone
Apart from these brands, brands like Apple, Infinix, Motorola, Oneplus, POCO, Lava have also performed better in the first quarter of the year. Especially due to the tremendous demand for Apple iPhone 15, Apple’s shipments have doubled. The company has announced many types of offers on iPhone 15, due to which the purchase of Apple iPhone has increased. At the same time, users are liking smartphones like Samsung Galaxy S24 Series, Redmi 13C, Redmi Note 13 Series.