Amidst Growing #BoycottChina Chorus, Samsung Pips Xiaomi to Regain Top Spot in Indian Mobile Market

South Korean smartphone manufacturer Samsung has surpassed Xiaomi to regain its top spot in the overall handset market in India in the April-June period, according to a report by research firm International Data Corporation. Notably, Xiaomi’s slip from the top spot, a position it firmly held for the last two years, is interesting given the dispute between India and China following the border skirmishes in the Galwan Valley. It is safe to assume that Xiaomi along with other Chinese companies may continue to face a bigger hurdle in the coming days.

In the overall phone market, which takes into account both the feature and smartphones, Samsung has a market share of 24 percent followed by Xiaomi and Vivo. While Samsung still trails in the Indian smartphone segment with 26.3 market share as opposed to Xiaomi’s 29.4 percent, the former has indeed made a strong comeback as against 18.9 percent in the previous quarter, per IDC report. Samsung’s Galaxy M21 smartphone India’s top 5 shipped models in Q2 2020, the report further added. As far as Xiaomi and Vivo are concerned, the Chinese phone makers ended the quarter with 29.4 and 17.5 percent smartphone market shares respectively.