The smartphone market in India achieved a record 162 million shipments in 2021, growing 12% on 2020.
According to a report by Canalys, after a tough start to the year, due to the second wave of COVID-19, India recovered strongly in the second half. Following a strong comeback in Q3, smartphone vendors shipped 44.5 million devices in Q4 for 2% growth, despite a challenging supply chain.
Xiaomi was the leader, shipping 9.3 million units & maintained its 21% market share. Samsung came 2nd with 8.5 million units for 19% share. For the first time realme climbed to third place in India, with a 49% year-on-year increase in volume that reached 7.6 million shipments. Fourth & 5th place were taken by vivo and OPPO, with 5.6 million & 4.9 million units respectively.
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