In the first half of this year, the Indian smartphone market grew 1% compared to H1 2024, reaching 70 million units sold, according to IDC. In the second quarter of this year (April to June), there was a 7.3% year-on-year growth, with 37 million smartphones shipped.
vivo is still No.1 with 19% market share and a 23.5% increase in sales over Q2 2024. In second place is Samsung with 14.5% of the market, up 21% YoY. Third place Oppo (with 12.4% share) also grew, by 25.4%, as did sixth place Motorola (8% of the pie, 39.4% growth), seventh place Apple (7.5% share, 19.7% growth), and eighth place iQOO (4.3% of the pie, 68.4% growth).
Everyone else was down. Realme, in fourth place, now has 9.7% of the market, with 17.8% less shipments, fifth place Xiaomi saw a 23.5% decline, ninth place Poco’s shipments were down 28.8%, and tenth place OnePlus had to make do with 39.4% less shipments.
The average smartphone selling price reached a record of $275 in Q2 this year, growing by 10.8% YoY. The under-$100 segment grew 22.9%, led by Xiaomi. The $100-$200 segment grew by 1.1% YoY, with vivo, Oppo, and Realme dominating. The $200 to $400 segment saw 2.5% less shipments, the $400 to $600 segment grew by 39.5%, and the $600 to $800 segment grew the most at 96.4%. The over $800 segment grew by 15.8%. Qualcomm-powered devices had 33.9% of the market, while MediaTek’s share was 44.3%.
IDC estimates a low single-digit decline in smartphone shipments in India for the entire year.