Page 6 - Smartphone Sales

Realme targets to sell 9 million phones in India in festive quarter

Post-pandemic, consumer purchasing behaviour has changed, swerving towards budget and mid-range segments

Smartphone shipments rebound in anticipation of record festive sales

At 50 million units, the shipment number broke all previous records as Chinese players Vivo, Realme and Xiaomi shipped in greater volumes

Realme targets 25% share of India's smartphone sales during festive season

The company said India will continue to be a critical growth driver for Realme and will be a "top priority" globally

Smartphone makers bank on online sales, H2 2020 still a pipe dream

After six weeks into the second half, the faltering offline channel, which traditionally rakes in 60 per cent of sales for the market, has become the biggest hurdle towards the path of revival

China sales help Huawei overtake Samsung as top smartphone seller: Report

Analysts at Canalys said Thursday that Huawei shipped 55.8 million devices in the second quarter of 2020

Chinese handset makers lost market share in Q2 amid border clash, Covid-19

While the leading brands continued to gain share, fringe players had to bear the brunt of supply chain constraints and growing anti-China sentiments to some extent

How Reliance Jio's Google deal in India threatens Chinese mobile market

Powered by a clever mix of Bollywood, cricket-driven marketing and product features such as powerful cameras, the Chinese firms at present sell roughly eight of every 10 smartphones in the country

Global smartphone sales latest victim of Coronavirus outbreak: Report

Among those components named by the research firm are displays from BOE Technologies, China Star Optoelectronics Technology and semiconductors from Yangtze Memory Technologies, and others

Worldwide sales of smartphones decline 2%, first since 2008: Gartner

But they are on track to reach 1.57 billion units in 2020, an increase of three per cent year over year, the research and advisory company said

Smartphone sales in India likely to surge 14% in 2020, says analyst

The inability of top smartphone players to lure feature phone users to upgrade to smartphones is a key factor.

Slowdown hits sales of cars, biscuits in 2019, but not smartphones

A back of the envelope calculation shows that over 115 million units smartphones were shipped in India in the first three quarters of 2019 with Xiaomi, Samsung making up the top two tally

Realme becomes India's fastest growing smartphone with 15 mn handsets sold

Realme, which began as an Oppo sub-brand in May 2018, was promptly spun off into a standalone entity and is now taking on bigger rival Xiaomi with similar price points and segments of Rs 7,000-20,000

Xiaomi expects half of its sales to come from offline stores by end of 2019

The company is looking to expand its offline market presence in India by doubling the number of its retail stores from the present 10,000 in near future

Riding the wave of online sales, smartphone shipments continue to surge

Amid the protests against leading e-commerce firms, Flipkart and Amazon, shipments through the online route in fact witnessed a double-digit growth every quarter

Apple top premium smartphone maker in Q3 with 51.3% India market share: IDC

The company is back on India map after couple of lacklustre quarters

Mobile phone sales set to contract 2.4% this year; rebound likely in 2020

However, according to a recent report, led by mobile phones, there was heavy jump in e-commerce sales during the just concluded festival season.

India smartphone shipments rise 9.3% in Q3; Xiaomi leads the list

Xiaomi continued to lead the tally with 27.1% share, followed by Samsung (18.9%), Vivo (15.2%), Realme (14.3%) and Oppo (11.8%).

Smartphones, TV sales break records in Diwali season despite slowdown

India saw a record shipment of 4.9 crore smartphones in the third quarter of 2019, driven by new launches, discounts and various pre-Diwali sales channels

Flipkart Big Billion sale: Deals on phones from Xiaomi, Realme, Vivo & more

The Flipkart Big Billion Days sale started on September 29 and will continue until October 4

Amazon festival sale: Best deals on Samsung, Xiaomi and other budget phones

The Amazon Great Indian Festival sale started on September 29 and will continue until October 4