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India saw a record high 109.1 million smartphones shipped in 2016 – up from 102.7 million in 2015 – as consumers continued their rapid changeover from flip phones to smartphones, shows data from IDC.
However, those old flip phones outshone smartphones, with 136.1 million shipped last year. That defied analysts’ predictions that 2016 would be the year smartphones took over.
This is the final standing:
1st: Samsung, 24.8 percent share of new smartphone shipments
2nd: Lenovo and Motorola, 14.8 percent
3rd: Micromax, 8.8 percent
4th: Reliance Jio, 7.1 percent
5th: Xiaomi, 6.6 percent
India’s Micromax cannot
However, those old flip phones outshone smartphones, with 136.1 million shipped last year. That defied analysts’ predictions that 2016 would be the year smartphones took over.
This is the final standing:
1st: Samsung, 24.8 percent share of new smartphone shipments
2nd: Lenovo and Motorola, 14.8 percent
3rd: Micromax, 8.8 percent
4th: Reliance Jio, 7.1 percent
5th: Xiaomi, 6.6 percent
India’s Micromax cannot
