With a 27 percent market share, Chinese handset maker Xiaomi dominated India smartphone shipments in the third quarter of this year, Counterpoint Research said on Tuesday. India smartphone shipments during the July-September period of this year grew 24 percent sequentially and five percent year-over-year, the report said.
Xiaomi, which recorded its highest ever shipments in India in a single quarter driven by the new Redmi 6 series and expansion in offline channels, was followed by Samsung (23 percent), Vivo (10 percent) Micromax (9 percent), and Oppo (8 percent). The top five brands captured 77 percent share of the total smartphone market during the quarter, the report said, adding that the smartphone segment contributed to half of the total handset market during the July-September period of this year.