Apple's holiday quarter hit market share hard, but still second-largest smartphone producer

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Apple saw the biggest decline in smartphone sales in the fourth quarter of 2018 out of all major device vendors, according to Gartner's analysis of the global smartphone market, with the iPhone's reduced sales also causing Apple's market share to diminish compared to the same period in 2017. The iPhone XR and the iPhone XS Max, launched just before the fourth quarter. Gartner's table of global smartphone unit sales for Q4 2018Apple's holiday quarter results revealed iPhone revenue was down 15 percent compared to last year, but unit figures were not provided by the company under its new reporting policy . "Both these challenges limit Apple's unit sales growth prospects. According to Credit Suisse, smartphone production in the first quarter is forecast to fall to a level last observed in 2013.

India's smartphone market grew by 10% in 2018, bucking global slowdown

India held onto the world's fastest growing smartphone market crown last year, the research firm said in a report today. China, the world's largest smartphone market, saw a decline of 15.5 percent last year, according to Canalys, also a research firm. Overall, Chinese phone makers had 60 percent of the smartphone market last year, up from 54 percent during 2017. An outlierIndia, which is the second largest smartphone market, has emerged as an outlier in recent years. The price barrier has hit Apple, which had just 1.1 percent of the local smartphone market share last year, Counterpoint told VentureBeat.

88 smartphone brands fight for mere 0.3% market share in India

according to 88 smartphone brands fight for mere 0.3% market share in India (Representational Image) | Photo Credit: ThinkstockNew Delhi: While the top five smartphone brands currently enjoy a market share exceeding 75 per cent in India, whatever is left is now being shared by over 88 smartphone brands -- leaving a mere 0.3 per cent market share for each player. Players like Panasonic and Videocon are among those 88 smartphone brands sharing the revenue of nearly Rs 43,560 crore -- or Rs 475 crore revenue per brand (on average). The big question is: How many of these 88 brands will be able to survive the hyper-competitive and highly price-conscious Indian market? Xiaomi with 28.9 market share shipped 41.1 million units while Samsung with 22.4 per cent market share shipped 31.9 million in FY 2018. Vivo shipped 14.2 million units with 10 per cent market share while OPPO shipped 10.2 million units and captured a 7.2 per cent market share.