NEW DELHI: Chinese cellphone maker Vivo doubled its market share inside the January-March sector, while the boom at marketplace chief Xiaomi and 2nd-ranked Samsung slowed as competition intensified in India, the arena’s second-largest marketplace, studies companies said. Vivo’s percentage jumped to 12% from 6% ago, Hong Kong-primarily based Counterpoint Technology Market Research statistics showed. Singapore-based totally
Canalys pegged its level at 15% from 7.Three within the first area of 2018.
Counterpoint positioned China’s Xiaomi’s share at 29% compared to 31% in advance and South Korea’s Samsung at 23% compared with 26%. However, Canalys showed Xiaomi’s percentage increasing to 31. Four from 30.6% and pegged Samsung at 24.4% compared to 25.Three%.
Counterpoint said that Samsung beat OnePlus to regain its management inside the premium segment (gadgets costing Rs 30,000 and above), pushing using the most incredible response for its newly brought Galaxy S10 collection. It didn’t proportion the facts. According to Canalys, Vivo published its satisfactory overall performance in India, delivering more than 4. Five million devices.
“Vivo’s high-priced bets on the Indian Premier League cricket are paying off. Vivo has made several intelligent advertising investments, including signing the world-famous Bollywood actor Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador,” Canalys research director Rushabh Doshi told ET.
