Xiaomi said it has seen 15-20 per cent increase in smartphone sales in the first phase of festive sale over similar timeframe last year, and remains confident of further growth in the coming weeks.
Flipkart earlier said that in the mobile category, the platform recorded two times growth in customers. The premium segment of smartphones saw a growth of 3.2 times, predominantly driven by Apple, Google and Samsung phones, among others.
Amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the share of online channel sales in total global smartphone sales is expected to reach 23 per cent this year - a 3 per cent increase from last year.
After going through disruptions in supply chain and curtailed domestic production, the India smartphone market is now showing encouraging signs of revival that sets it on a potential course for market recovery for over 40 per cent in the second half this year.
Smartphone shipments in India fell 48 per cent in the second quarter this year to just 17.3 million units, as the country faced an unprecedented lockdown owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
As smartphone brands face a state of uncertainty as both supply and demand has been diminished in India, the industry will bear the maximum brunt in the second quarter (April-June period), leaving the sector with at least 11-12 per cent overall decline in shipments for the entire 2020, a new report said on Thursday.
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The month of March saw a steep annual decline in smartphone shipments, at -19 per cent, due to COVID-19 nationwide lockdown that settled in from March 24.
Chinese smartphone market underwent its highest decline in the January-March period due to the impact of coronavirus pandemic and Huawei was the only smartphone player that achieved positive growth.
Smartphone shipment in the country is expected to decline by 10 per cent in 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic, according to Counterpoint Research.
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Smartphone production in India is already set to decrease by nearly 40% amid the coronavirus lockdown as factories are shut and there are no online sales either.
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Global smartphone shipments witnessed a decline of 38 percent YoY in February 2020 in the wake of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak making this the biggest fall ever in the history of the worldwide smartphone market.
The first-quarter smartphone sales are likely to hit by over 20 per cent in China in the first quarter, resulting in global sales going down at least 7 per cent compared to the same period last year
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