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Chinese smartphones gained 40% of Indian market last year: survey

Lenovo and Xiaomi took the second and third spots respectively, while India’s domestic brands saw a drop in market share.

Chinese smartphone vendors last year captured about 40 per cent share in India, the second largest smartphone market in the world, the official media here 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 come as India’s domestic brands saw a decline in market share.

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