Cellphone shipments dip 3% in Apr-Jun, Nokia top seller
Press Trust of India / New Delhi Sep 27, 2011, 16:45 IST
Mobile handset shipments to India declined by 3% in the April-June period compared to the previous quarter due to inventory build-up and reworking on product line-up by vendors, says research firm IDC.
However, on year-on-year basis, the shipments were higher by 6% in the period under review.
"Shipments cooled down a bit in the April-June quarter of 2011, partly due to an inventory build-up from the preceding quarters and partly because vendors apparently paused to take a re-look at their product portfolio strategies," Deepak Kumar, Research Director at to International Data Corporation (IDC), India, said in a statement.
India-based vendors have particularly been busy planning their debuts in the smartphone category, Kumar said.
During the quarter, smartphone segment showed growth of 68% year-on-year and a marginal growth of 0.4% over the January-March 2011 quarter, to garner a share of 5.6% of the overall mobile phone market, IDC said.
Finnish cellphone company Nokia was the leader in both feature phone and smartphone categories with 25% and 46% share respectively in total units shipped during the quarter.
Korean company Samsung stood second with 15% and 21% share in featured and smartphone segment.
BlackBerry-maker RIM occupied third spot with 15% handset shipment during the quarter.
"A noteworthy development in the quarter was that smartphones with average sales values of Rs 18,000 and above witnessed a significant growth of 31% over the preceding quarter and a whopping 96% growth over second quarter of calendar year 2010," G Rajeev, Lead Analyst, Mobile Devices, IDC said.
Karbonn, Micromax, Lava, Spice and MAXX were among top five home grown brand which jointly accounted for 19% of overall shipments, IDC said.
IDC observed shipments of Google's Android operating system based mobile handsets growing 10% during the quarter compared to previous January to March 2011 quarter.
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Mobile handset shipments to India declined by 3% in the April-June period compared to the previous quarter due to inventory build-up and reworking on product line-up by vendors, says research firm IDC.
