Counterpoint: India becomes world's second-largest smartphone market, surpasses US

03 February, 2016
India's smartphone user base increased to 220 million by the end of last year.

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I never even heard of Intex or Lava.

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    AKS, 04 Feb 2016Those think apple is good quality...probably they are not a... moreI agree wid you my friend, completely agree.

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      • 04 Feb 2016

      Those think apple is good quality...probably they are not aware, Apple fails in call clarity test.

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        • 04 Feb 2016

        You can take example of Nokia phones...in the first phase Nokia was quality...second phase, quality plus expensive...last phase, people thought only expensive.

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          • 04 Feb 2016

          Dr. Danger, 03 Feb 2016Ohh so what do you mean spending a lot will get you quality... moreI AGREE...expensive does not mean good quality.

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            • 04 Feb 2016

            2nd largest haaaah? and the no. 1 company who rule Indian market is samsung.
            the samsung don't even care about Indian people.. so other foreign company. they launch every other new product after 2-3 months.... i mean what thaa...
            new galaxy A series is out now in those country.. which is smaller in population and area compare to some Indian state!! they always bring us new tech and gadget to India when new even another new tech is about to come. i mean how can they treat India like this... ???
            but don't worry local company like micromax giving them knock out punches.... this micromax company is just kid in phone budget although they increase so high... and samsung is lossing market percentage which should happen... china company like Huawai,xolo,xiomi, incredibly rising in Indian market. i wish samsung loose their nol. 1 position or have to share their place. so they can learn hard lesson.

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              PK, 03 Feb 2016India has 1.3 billion population where as 90% of them use l... moreAt least they don't buy contracts phones...

                Anonymous, 03 Feb 2016I would look at that as being smart with your money. You ar... moreImage? So when other countries think us as 'cheap', that doesn't concern you? How many times we Indian ourselves have said these words, "don't buy that cheap Chinese garbage, not worth it", yet that same cheap Chinese products are flooding our market.

                Those who can't afford a good phone which is highly priced, OK, settle with some cheap stuff, but the main problem is even the people who can easily afford a mid-high range phone, settle for a poor product nowadays. That is nothing but a disgrace.

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                  • 03 Feb 2016

                  PK, 03 Feb 2016India has 1.3 billion population where as 90% of them use l... moreWrong statistics Mr.PK

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                    • 03 Feb 2016

                    Anonymous, 03 Feb 2016All lies as apple grew by 76% in india for their respective... moreThis the real reason greedy disloyal apple are driving thier share prices down. so the greedy treacherous top dogs there can panic people into selling thier shares cheaper, and immediatly they will push thier new products in india when they buy more shares and instantly all the allowed apple stories to be released will be controlled as usual and all positive = all share prices up..now owned by apple...all india massive proffits to top dogs...simples really...no one should sell apple shares now...thats the real news now.

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                      Christian, 03 Feb 2016WTF are you talking about?!? "Luxurie quality"?!? crazy a... moreOhh so what do you mean spending a lot will get you quality thats mean instead of wheat bread you should eat gold plated necklace.

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                        India has 1.3 billion population where as 90% of them use less than $80 smartphone.

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                          AJ_74, 03 Feb 2016This article is a little misleading. While India may have s... morePlease don't cry, please

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                            • 03 Feb 2016

                            All lies as apple grew by 76% in india for their respective Q1.

                            Even though they grew by 76% they are not on the list.

                            All lies.

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                              Linas, 03 Feb 2016Very true. In fact crappe is as well much cheaper to pro... moreWTF are you talking about?!?
                              "Luxurie quality"?!? crazy adjectives
                              You never heard of:What you pay,is what you get?!?

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                                • 03 Feb 2016

                                Not surprisingly this actually spent in a country INDIA. It is surprising the fact that those from"OTHER" to dominate the Telecom market in INDIA..:)))))))

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                                  Dr. Danger, 03 Feb 2016Yeah you are right actually some people (ifans) think that ... moreVery true.

                                  In fact crappe is as well much cheaper to produce than Android flagship devices. The only luxury thing about iphones is their price, all other luxury qualities were since surpassed by almost any major Android maker.

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                                    Marshallakams, 03 Feb 2016The post never said Sony, it said Samsung and truly Samsung... moreAnd be sure samsung sale will decrease every Quarter thanks to they low Quality phone..

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                                      • 03 Feb 2016

                                      This article is a little misleading. While India may have surpassed the US in total smartphone units shipped, the US still dwarfs India in actual revenue from smartphone sales (thanks largely to Apple and Samsung, their overpriced phones, and the sheeple that buy them).

                                      India has a population that's 4-times larger than that of the US, and anything with a touchscreen and Android is now considered a smartphone (there are plenty of sub-$100 Android smartphones out there). This isn't really a milestone.

                                        The post never said Sony, it said Samsung and truly Samsung has been the dominant smartphone in India with J7 series and On series ad other high end Samsung smartphones.