Smartphone suppliers in India shipped 46.6 million units in the most recent quarter, an increase of 9.3 percent from the previous quarter. The average selling price is much lower than in the West, just $159 and top brands are all Asian companies, Xiaomi, Samsung, Vivo, Realme and Oppo. However. the iPhone...
Chinese Companies Top India's Smartphone Market
India, the world's second largest market for smartphones, is currently a key battleground for a number of phone makers from China, Taiwan, and South Korea. As smartphone shipments slow in many parts of the world, India’s handset market continues to grow. According to research firm Counterpoint, in July forty-two different...
Is China Losing Ground to India in Manufacturing?
In an article written in Chinese by Wang Xinxi and published by Sina Tech, the author shares reasons why India is starting to threaten China's dominance in some parts of the manufacturing sector. In the mobile phone manufacturing business, global players such as Samsung, Apple, Foxconn, have invested in India-based...
India Overtakes U.S. to Become 2nd Largest Smartphone Market
According to Singapore-based research firm Canalys, with more than 40 million smartphones shipped to India in the third quarter of 2017, India surpassed the United States to become the second-largest smartphone market. Shipments in Q3 grew 23 percent year-over-year in India, putting it in second place right behind China. Samsung...
Regional Languages Drive India's Smartphone Sales Further
With nearly as many smartphone users as the U.S. has people, India is already one of the world's hottest mobile markets, with America's Apple, Korea's Samsung, China's Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi jostling for market share with Indian brands such as Micromax. India's 300 million smartphone users could grow by more than...
Foxconn to Invest $5 Billion in India
Taiwan-based Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer for electronics, will invest up to $5 billion in India to make the country a parallel manufacturing hub to China for export to key markets across Europe and the U.S. In India, Foxconn is keen on investing in a display fab unit, Computer...