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Xiaomi overtakes Samsung in the Chinese smartphone market

IANS New Delhi
Last Updated : Aug 06 2014 | 3:32 PM IST
Handset maker Xiaomi has overtaken Korean giant Samsung as the top-selling smarphone brand in China, according to a research report.
 
Xiaomi sold 1.5 crore smartphones in China in the second quarter of 2014 while Samsung could manage to sell only 1.32 crore phones.
 
Xiaomi holds a 14% market share in the world's biggest cellphone market.
 

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Lenovo is placed close behind Samsung, and sold 1.3 crore phones. It has a 12% market share in China.
 
With its low cost handsets loaded with impressive specifications, Xiaomi will only make further inroads into the Chinese and the price sensitive Indian market. 
 
Samsung suffered a setback in the Indian market too, with home-grown Micromax elbowing out the Korean company to become the firm selling the highest number of handsets in the country.

 
In India, Xiaomi was launched this year and has made a splash with its Mi3 phone.

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First Published: Aug 06 2014 | 2:28 PM IST

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