Chinese smartphones reduce market share of Indian brands to 1%

Global players have a different explanation for the disappearance of Indian phones

The onslaught of Chinese mobile brands is virtually obliterating Indian brands, especially in terms of value.

According to industry estimates based on excise and Custom duty trends, the value share of Indian brands (across smartphones and feature phones, operator phone sales — which is mostly Jio phones — and the value of phones smuggled into the country) has dropped to a mere 1.2 per cent in January-October 2021 compared to 25.4 per cent in the calendar year 2015.

In the same period, the Chinese have established their domination, hitting a value share of 64.5 per cent, up from 17.8 per cent.  Only