Chinese Handsets Captured 40% Of Market

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    • Publish Date: Jan 4 2017 7:19PM
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    • Updated Date: Jan 5 2017 12:41PM
Chinese Handsets Captured 40% Of Market

Lenovo saw its shipment volume rise to the second only after Samsung in the third quarter last year

Chinese smartphone vendors in 2016 captured about 40 per cent share in India, the second largest smartphone market in the world, the official media in Beijing reported.
 
Among all, Lenovo saw its shipment volume rise to the second only after Samsung in the third quarter last year, state-run China Daily quoted global research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) survey as saying.

Xiaomi took the third spot with a market share of 10.7 per cent, whereas Chinese vendors collectively took up 40 per cent, according to the survey conducted across 30 major Indian cities.

The forays by Chinese phone makers comes as India's domestic brands saw a decline in market share. Micromax reported a 16.7 per cent month-over-month sales drop in October, the survey said.

Analysts noted that as smartphone giants look at India which has a population of 1.34 billion, to be the "new China" and the competition will be intense, the report said. Despite growth, price war remains fierce in what is becoming the world's second-largest smartphone market where the price of a mobile averages only $100, the survey said.

"Lenovo has retained its duo-brand strategy in India," Rahul Agarwal, the company's managing director, told state-run Beijing News, adding that Motorola is focused on high-end market, taking up a third of its sales, whereas Lenovo phones targeting lower end account for two-thirds. Indian customers are even more price sensitive than Chinese users, Ni Fei, co-founder and CEO of Nubia Technology, said.

Besides price war, patent rights and tariff could also hinder further growth in India, analysts said, citing patent disputes faced by Chinese smartphone makers OPPO, VIVO and Xiaomi in recent years. OPPO is planning to invest 1.5 billion yuan ($215 million) to build an industrial park in India to bring down manufacturing cost, according to media reports earlier last month. The company already has a factory in Greater Noida.

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Sarath Kumar RM Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Most of the people have started using Chinese mobiles because of the wide range of apps with affordable price.

Samueal Raj Bethel Mat Hr Sec School

Chinese are Chinese wow!

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