India phone market returns to development in 2017 - Mobile World Live

referring to India's smartphone market returned to powerful development in 2017 and was the better performer between the top-20 smartphone markets globally, IDC announced. The feature smartphone segment, the largest globally, posted 17 per cent annual development in 2017 after declining for 3 consecutive years. Samsung was on highest with a 20.5 per cent market share, followed with Transsion (13.7 per cent), Micromax (8.7 per cent), Reliance Industries (8.3 per cent) and Lava (7.2 per cent). Vivo stood in 3rd on a 6.5 per cent share, followed with Lenovo (5.6 per cent) and Oppo (4.9 per cent). In the feature smartphone sector, Reliance Industries topped the table with a 24.1 per cent market share, well ahead of 2nd placed Samsung (14.5 per cent).

With 53 per cent market share, Chinese vendors eclipse Indian phone players

Smartphones"The untapped request in the lower-tier cities remembers the key attraction for China-based brands," told Jaipal Singh, Senior Market Analyst, IDC India. "The untapped request in the lower-tier cities remembers the key attraction for China-based brands to probe the development trajectory in India," told Jaipal Singh, Senior Market Analyst, IDC India. "Customs duty on import of mobile smartphone fractions going to be promoted to twenty per cent from the existing 15 per cent. This contrasts with China, the world's largest smartphone market which saw its premier decline this year, while the US was relatively flat. This resulted in a total of 164 mn feature smartphone shipments in 2017 from 140 mn a year ago.

Indian phone market grew 14% in 2017, shipped 124 mn units, tells IDC

according to The Indian smartphone market is witnessing a boom with mobile companies making a kill in the 3rd largest smartphone market of the world. However, the market regained momentum and achieved double digit development in 2017 with a record 56 mn feature smartphone units shipped in final quarter of 2017 alone. On the universal front, the world's largest smartphone market, China, saw its premier decline this year, while the USA was relatively flat, tells the IDC report. Jio feature smartphone a winnerIndia is the world's biggest feature smartphone market. This resulted in a total of 164 mn feature smartphone shipments in 2017 from 140 mn a year ago.

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