CR: India smartphone market rebound continues, Samsung loses ground

29 July 2021
The smartphone market reached its highest ever shipments in H1 2021.

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[deleted post]I'm not avoiding the topic it's just your over inflated ego acting out, i nver said my point was only spec wise, it's just i talked about specs in that comment while i'll be talking about Ui next but thanks for bringing it up and making it easier for me to talk about the Ui too, the Galaxy S10 is an old phone when here we're talking about recent ones, One ui recently got better reviews than the problematic Miui that is a hot mess of a cheap ads ui, not to mention the problem that no one brings subject too as constant lags in older devices released in the galaxy S10's era of you're gonna talk about the s10, it's okay being wrong u just need to do more research and know what you're talking about

    Miso Poi, 30 Jul 2021Never judge the price spec wise, look at the user experienc... moreSure, MIUI has a lot of people complaining, same as One UI even on S10, just go to Reddit and you can find complaints from both, but it wasn't the subject of your comment, it was the specs, saying the storage and ram were slower. , when not, but feel free to continue to avoid the topic

      OhNom, 30 Jul 2021"It is never too good when the battery used has a shor... moreNever judge the price spec wise, look at the user experience and if you say xiaomis is better then you dunno what you're talking about, xiaomi have multiple people complaining about mutiple ads in their ui and stock apps, me included i used a xiaomi and i get ads even in the gallery app, wut i'm i using ? A sketchy app ? It's a phone it shouldn't have that, while in the other hand i used samsung and never had a single ad in my ui and it's so smooth, same for ios.

        Miso Poi, 30 Jul 2021From a detailed research i did about the idian market recen... more"It is never too good when the battery used has a short life"
        Xiaomi batteries have even more payload cycle than most other brands use, but hey never mind, the battery is bigger so it will also use fewer cycles, ruled out

        "Or, more ram is never too good when used ram is slow"

        Haha yes
        Xiaomi Poco F3
        UFS 3.1-RAM LPDDR5
        $ 359.00

        Samsung Galaxy A52 5G
        UFS 2.1-LPDDR4X
        $ 479.99

          From a detailed research i did about the idian market recently, i noticed that the ppl there most of the time dont look for geniune build and hardware quality, they most of the time just target useless gimmicks like flashy colours and features that add no value to the user experience and thinkq that's what makes a phone worthy to be bought, which it resulted in xiaomi being sold more than samsung, for example let's say we have 400$, it will get us a samsung phone with 4gb ram and 128gb storage or a xiaomi phone with 8gb ram and 256gb storage, most of you will side with the xiaomi phone but that's a wrong decision, because bigger numbers doesn't mean everything, more ram is never too good when the ram used is slow, and more battery is never too good when the battery used got a short lifespan, xiaomi got cheap phones for a thing, because the quality is not as good as some other brands, i've used their midrangers and they aren't even worth using when compared to samsung's midrangers, that's my own opinion from my own research, if you like it that's good to hear, if not move on.

            Anonymous, 30 Jul 2021Just wait fanboy as samsung loses ground in other countries... moreThat wont happen. USA is a rich market. In india most ppl can't cant afford shit. That's the reason why all these china brands are booming in india cos they know that there's that budget market here which they can cater to. That's the reason why samsung flagships do so well in the US

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              samsung should create new brand like poco or realme .

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                Anonymous, 29 Jul 2021Indians don't want standard products like usa,they wan... moreThen tell me why oneplus had 400% + growth in usa H2

                  XG, 29 Jul 2021Samsung is giving Helio G80 for 15K....For similar price Xi... moreI want to comment on A52. A52 4g has very nice features (like OIS, IP67, 90hz) but either they should have priced it right or should have had 5g version released for that price. Oneplus Nord 2 will beat and eat the A52.

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                    Anonymous, 29 Jul 2021On the other hand, Poco registered 480% YoY growth. OnePlu... moreLook at the money made by Apple. People on this site will keep cribbing about Apple and they just laugh their way to the bank

                      Derick Abraham, 30 Jul 2021When u go to a shop in india, the sales team some how force... moreTrue if you step inside any Mobile shop they make you buy these models. Many unsuspecting buyers fall pray into this....these sales guys tease them with free this and that...

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                        Kriegsherr, 30 Jul 2021Nothing is wrong and nothing is ok at the same time. in an ... moreI am not angry i am just asking.No brand does cheating in the sense they mention one thing and gives other thing.People surely have the right to buy whatever phone they like but at the same time they will complain

                          There are no 5g phones from Samsung in the price segment of 15k to 18k INR. Their innovation stopped after introducing 6,000/7,000 mah batteries in M series. Their roadmap went down hill and they lost strategy since there are no proper replacements for exynos chipsets. Only AMOLED screens are saving Samsung's reputation, otherwise nothing. G80 for a 19k phone in 2021? Samsung A22 should have had Mediatek Dimensity 800U for that money to compete with Realme.
                          After they tasted success on A50, nothing after that. A52 4g has very nice features (like OIS, IP67, 90hz) but either they should have priced it right or should have had 5g version released for that price.
                          On the other hand, Chinese phones thrive on 5g Phones, but the quality is not up to the mark and Since they release new handsets every week/month, how can we trust on their reliability, software quality, hardware quality, performance testing quality, etc?
                          None of the manufacturers are thinking about a 4 to 5 inch phone with a mid range specs in 20K INR range. 6.4 inch display is the new norm for a compact phone right now in the low/mid range. Soon we need sub compact phones. Instead of releasing a 7K or 8K or 9K INR range pathtic phones, for the same price please consider a 4 inch, battery friendly display, 4gb ram, 3000 mah, Dimensity 700 chipset, GPS, WiFi, 5g with Single Sim, Removable battery, Rigid body (and without other gimmicks) for 9k, it will definitely entice feature phone users in India.

                            When u go to a shop in india, the sales team some how forces u to get a vivo or oppo phone.
                            The commission they pays is huge comparing to any other brand. No one in this world is fan of these brands.

                              Anonymous, 29 Jul 2021Unbelievable Oppo is costlier than vivo and Xiaomi, why peo... moreMarketing.

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                                [deleted post]Is he complaining to you?
                                Are you some employee in samsung?

                                  [deleted post]Apple premium is mostly non functional, more on the perspective things like build quality, software support(I mean what sort of improvement one can keep getting for the same hardware beyond security updates, which have become standard in Android?) , resale value etc...while Android mobiles offer great value for money at every available price points...mostly without charging premium.

                                    Samsung by losing its perception that it is the most valuable mobile without charging HUGE tag, Xiomi, OnePlus,Oppo, Vivo going to replace Samsung with better flagship products at better price points than Samsung! Thank God Huawei and Honor is not even in the market now, otherwise Samsung and Apple long done & dusted!!

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                                      [deleted post]Just wait fanboy as samsung loses ground in other countries too.. specially south east asia, russia, europe
                                      Oneplus had triple digit growth in usa alone

                                        Viper, 29 Jul 2021So u think that samsung provides helio g80 and emmc storage... moreNothing is wrong and nothing is ok at the same time. in an open market (like india, correct me if I am wrong), anyone has the right to come up with a product and price as he/she wants. is samsung cheating? giving faulty product or selling something out of description? if all those answers are no, there is nothing wrong. yeah, while they are offering worse product in comparison to the competition but its just their way of business.
                                        people have their say. no need to be angry. just dont buy it. a smartphone is not food or medicine.

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