Samsung leads smartphone market, shipments plunge 50% in June qtr: Report

The smartphone market in the country reduced to half in terms of unit shipments during the April-June period, when lockdown was imposed, and is expected to recover in the second half of 2020, market research firm IDC said in a report on Friday.

Samsung led the overall market during the quarter with 24 per cent share, followed by Xiaomi and Vivo, IDC quarterly mobile phone tracker report said.

"India's smartphone market registered a sharp year-over-year (YoY) decline of 50.6 per cent in the second quarter to 18.2 million units, as the country remained under lockdown through the first half