The tremendous progress that the Xiaomi in the smartphone market in India, again becomes the focus of attention for the International Data Corporation (IDC), which publishes a new report.
ΤPublished data revealed an annual increase in his rank 14,5% for 2018, due to the fact that the companies as a whole sold approximately 142,3 million devices, and most of them came from Xiaomi.
Xiaomi is the king of smartphones in India for IDC 2018
Xiaomi has become the leader of smart phones
Published data show that for Xiaomi, also known as "Apple of China", 2018 was a very successful year in terms of sales, achieving overall sales 41,1 million units, which was also the largest number of sales compared to other companies in India. This large number of sales gives Xiaomi a market share of 28,9%, and thus becomes the world market leader, with Samsung in second place, which sold overall 31,9 million devices, achieving a market share of 22,4%.
On the other hand, the Vivo and Oppo also had a good year in India, with 10% and 7,2% market share, as well as sales 14,2 million and 10,2 million smartphones respectively. Finally, the well-known Chinese company Transsion, owner of Infinix and Tecno, completes the first 5 places in the list.
How did Xiaomi become the sales leader?
Due to this sales volume, users expect Xiaomi to become the most important company in India with sub-brands Pocophone and Redmi , except Mi.
The IDC report shows that the Redmi series has made a huge contribution to the development of the brand, as the Xiaomi Redmi 5A and Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro turned out to be the Smartphones with the fastest sales of 2018 compared to all other brands, thus reaching 10 million sales throughout the year.
Another factor that contributed to Xiaomi's leadership position was the opening of more shops in rural areas, while, in turn, Internet sales (Online Sales), experienced great momentum in the same period, sharply increasing sales through Xiaomi's online platform.
So for now, Xiaomi remains the king of online sales with a share 47,2% , while the IDC report shows that Xiaomi, became the second largest manufacturer of original equipment, in terms of sales through physical stores.
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