Canalys: Xiaomi pips Samsung for first place in India

24 January 2018
Xiaomi has been in India for just 3 years and is already on top.

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Anonymous, 24 Jan 2018In my opinion, due to popularity Xiaomi is going downhill. ... moreThere is a Market Trick...!

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    AnonD-368020, 24 Jan 2018It's not the Samsung which got hurt. They maintained their ... moreDone ...!

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      Mr , 24 Jan 2018So, you pray about companies to fall down and have bad busi... moreYou silly...
      Prayer would not work .
      Performance will be ..

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        Herodroid, 24 Jan 2018Lol. Thats not how it works. The more popular company is, t... moreXiaomi support centre are better than Samsung . In India
        They changed phone in 3 days ..

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          • Dkk
          • 24 Jan 2018

          Samsung is still using 2016 chip exynos 7870 in 2018 like on 7 prime so what might possibly go wrong more than this, Xiaomi is also planning to launch their new popular device redmi note 5 with sd625 that is also advancing in wrong direction. Moto devices however might come with latest sd 630 but camera is always been their problem .

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            • ut2
            • 24 Jan 2018

            Xiaomi Sell Results Better In India But In China They Fall........ Xiaomi May Be Better But In Terms Of Quality Samsung, Nokia, HTC, Sony, Apple, Motorola Big Brands Always Best :)

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              • 24 Jan 2018

              FiDo, 24 Jan 2018hope Xiaomi go 1st in Asia and Europe soon, people are star... moreEver seen Samsung's balance sheet?
              If you think Samsung is falling then Your God definitely do not understand accounting.

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                • Anonymous
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                • 24 Jan 2018

                In my opinion, due to popularity Xiaomi is going downhill. Phones they release get more and more expensive and their used SoCs and everything else remain the same or even get worse. Every phone they release, except for xiaomi mi series, gets SD625. I remember getting Redmi Note 3 Pro for 140 euros year and a half ago. It had SD650. Now even mi max got SD625. Redmi Note 4 with an inferior SoC costs 150 euros without taxes. I'm not even talking about mi note 3 which only had SD660. No, it's not a bad SoC, but for what I'm paying, I would expect nothing less than a SD835.
                I used to defend Xiaomi a lot and you could say I was a fanboy, but now I see things differently. They have changed.

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                  • rAR
                  • 24 Jan 2018

                  It's not the Samsung which got hurt. They maintained their market share. It's the Lenovo, Motorola, Micromax, lava, carbon etc got hurt. Xiaomi ate into their customers. It's actually brands like Oppo and Vivo, apple who ate Samsung's share. I think things are not looking good for Motorola and Lenovo and Huawei offer better value than Lenovo and Motorola now. Motorola was trying to be a premium brand slowly, it's going to be a great challenge for them to maintain their share when Xiaomi and Huawei are launching new models every month.

                    For premium phone models over $500 USD like Galaxy S, Note and some A series models, Samsung has more premium offerings, better build quality, better software, better support and service, etc. But Xiaomi Redmi phones has much better value for price than Samsung Galaxy, in the price range below, say, $300 USD.

                    India is developing world market and value /price is very important there than prestige brand name. So it is inevitable that cheaper Xiaomi will defeat Samsung Galaxy eventually. Samsung will not get back to the top from this defeat. Xiaomi ill prevail for the time being.

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                      • Ksa
                      • 24 Jan 2018

                      Consequences of going retard... Xiaomi fell down last year, but managed to catch up.

                      Gratz Xiaomi.

                      Hope they enters on the rest of LATAM.

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                        FiDo, 24 Jan 2018hope Xiaomi go 1st in Asia and Europe soon, people are star... morethis is a true hater lol.....

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                          Herodroid, 24 Jan 2018Lol. Thats not how it works. The more popular company is, t... moreXiaomi service even in India is appaling same story with Lenovo/Motorola, Oppo and other crappy chinese phone makers.

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                            FiDo, 24 Jan 2018hope Xiaomi go 1st in Asia and Europe soon, people are star... moreSo, you pray about companies to fall down and have bad business? You must be a really nice person...

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                              • tDS
                              • 24 Jan 2018

                              Well done, Xiaomi.

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                                • 24 Jan 2018

                                Well, not their flagship phones anyway like Mi Mix and Mi Note series but instead the cheap Redmi series. Same with apple products here and flagship samsung phones. The sales are a joke. They think our 3rd world country can afford those prices. Not even the cheap flagships like OnePlus 5T sold well here.

                                  FiDo, 24 Jan 2018hope Xiaomi go 1st in Asia and Europe soon, people are star... moreLol. Thats not how it works. The more popular company is, the higher brand price is. So on top of that smartphone you pay for company logo. Also xiaomi sure is good, but support service in europe is poor. And samsung is still wayy more spread.

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 24 Jan 2018

                                    It was bound to happen sooner or later. Samsung's midrange and low end phones are just horribly underspecced compared to Xiaomi's offerings. Take for instance the 5" Redmi 4X, 5.5" Redmi Note 4X and the 6.44" Mi Max 2. All three corner the entry level to midrange market covering all screen sizes with unique selling points: huge 4100mAh to 5300mAh batteries, bright ips hd screens, ir blaster, very good snapdragon processors, premium metal build, good cameras and excellent fingerprint scanners at half the cost of equivalent Samsung models which are practically devoid of any unique selling point.

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                                      • 24 Jan 2018

                                      hope Xiaomi go 1st in Asia and Europe soon, people are start open their eyes for best price/performance point and see how well Xiaomi are doing...

                                      For me its excelent news since if they sell more they can do better prices and hope better phones and so on.

                                      Sammy and others are falling like i predict a year ago, god listen to my prays.

                                      GO GO GO XIAOMI...

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                                        • MY7
                                        • 24 Jan 2018

                                        LOL. how about xperia?