India smartphone market remains stable in 2023 as shipments fall 2% to 148.6 mn units: CanalysSamsung was the market leader in Q4 2023 with 7.6 million units shipped for a 20% share, whereas for the full year, it clocked shipments of...
18 Jan, 2024, 01.06 PM IST
After string of exits, Realme strengthening India team: CEOThe company fell into turmoil in early 2023, hit by the exits of at least 16 senior executives - including Sheth, sales heads for online an...
05 Jan, 2024, 12.09 AM IST
Premium mobile sales soar, but overall market declinesThe research firm said offline sales channels has been growing and is expected to rise to 54% in 2023, with online-heavy brands such as Xia...
01 Aug, 2023, 12.20 AM IST
Smartphone shipments 2022: in a first, web retailers Flipkart, Amazon pip offline storesShipments from manufacturers’ factories to online channels were at a record high share of 53% in the last calendar year even as in absolute...
14 Feb, 2023, 08.51 AM IST
Mobiles could get cheaper this festive season as companies look to liquidate stockBrands will seek to harness demand through the upcoming festive season to mitigate the revenue impact of the weak first half of the calenda...
27 Jun, 2022, 06.31 PM IST
Smartphone shipments in India for 2021 expected to be around 160-168 million: Market trackersIn a report, IDC said that the fourth quarter will see a decline in smartphone sales in the country due to the ongoing supply chain related...
12 Nov, 2021, 07.46 PM IST
After two years of muted growth, India's smartphone shipments to grow 12-21% in 2021Smartphone sales grew 29% in 2015, fell 5% in 2016 owing to demonetisation, then recovered to 14% in 2017 and 2018, as per IDC India. But i...
05 Jan, 2021, 08.15 AM IST
India's smartphone market is set for double-digit growth in 2021Anaysts say while India's smartphone market achieved sizeable penetration two years back, 2021 will see the replacement cycle mature, which...
05 Jan, 2021, 05.13 AM IST
India's smartphone market grows 17% with record shipments in Sept quarter: IDCHowever, the India smartphone market is expected to see a low single-digit year-on-year decline after several years of annual growth, impac...
06 Nov, 2020, 04.44 PM IST
Realme to drive competition in premium segment; bullish on offline expansion“We wanted to change the definition of the premium segment. It is not about pricing but giving experience. We are offering all features fro...
21 Nov, 2019, 12.19 PM IST
Indian smartphone market expands 14.5 pc in 2018: IDCDuring the December quarter, smartphone shipment expanded 19.5 per cent year-on-year to 36.3 million units from 30.3 million units in the s...
12 Feb, 2019, 02.12 PM IST
Smartphone sales all set to break records this festive seasonAccording to a techARC report, 19.1 million or 53% of the 36 million smartphones expected to be sold during the period will be sold online.
17 Oct, 2018, 08.49 AM IST
India smartphone market grows 20% in Q2 2018, Xiaomi leads tally: IDCReliance Jio, the main driver of the 4G feature phone segment with its JioPhone range of phones, remained the top vendor in the overall fea...
13 Aug, 2018, 04.23 PM IST
Xiaomi maintains online market lead with 57% share in Q1: CounterpointSamsung was at second place with 14% share and Honor has 8% share, market research firm Counterpoint said on Friday.
15 Jun, 2018, 03.06 PM IST
Xiaomi expects 50% smartphone sales to come via offline by early next yearAccording to research firm IDC, Xiaomi led the Indian smartphone market with 30.3 per cent share in the January-March 2018 quarter, which r...
10 Jun, 2018, 02.59 PM IST
Flipkart ahead of Amazon in smartphone 2017 salesFlipkart grew its market share of online smartphone shipments to 51% in 2017, from 44% the year before, while Amazon's increased marginally...
26 Feb, 2018, 08.01 AM IST
Chinese handset vendors gain ground in tier II, III cities: IDCCustomers are choosing more 4G devices over 3G ones with more than 65 per cent of the smartphones being 4G compatible across all city tiers...
20 May, 2016, 06.02 PM IST