IDC: Realme is now second largest maker in India as Samsung falters

09 August 2022
Xiaomi lost significant ground too.

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Grey Wolf, 09 Aug 2022Ha, no iPhone in sight. I am beginning to like Indian people.So you missed this?

"The premium market segment of phones costing more than $500 is growing strong with 83% increased shipments year-over-year, contributing 6% of the whole market. Apple is still on top with 53% market share while OnePlus with 19% and Samsung with 15% follow."

Rich Indians prefer iPhone by big margin

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    • Anonymous
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    • 09 Aug 2022

    Tbh the reason why apple dominates the high end segment is because all of their phones cost more than $500 (equivalent in Indian rupees) so the only phones they sell are classed as "high end". Go back to the 11 sorries and you've got around 12 phones all costing more so not really an accurate representation of sales.

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      • 09 Aug 2022

      Anonymous, 09 Aug 2022realme has a cleaner and faster ui vs bloated xiaomi ui...But Realme's software support is getting worse as they sell more phones. For example, the Realme 6 only getting 1 OS update from Android 10 to 11, while Redmi Note 9 is getting Android 12.

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        • 09 Aug 2022

        [deleted post]Any need for racially charged comments or? Seen your other comments too which are the same. I get DMX doesn't need to be racially nasty either and clearly doesn't understand India is actually one of the biggest growing ecomony on this planet but ignorance doesn't mean its cool to be racist.

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          • 09 Aug 2022

          Anonymous, 09 Aug 2022realme has a cleaner and faster ui vs bloated xiaomi ui...True, especially for more budget models. I had a chance to play with a Poco M4 Pro 4G and a Realme 8 and compare them. Even though on paper and on design the Poco looks better, on real life usage, the Realme 8 feels better and has less lag.
          I think on more premium models it doesn't matter that much, because they have good hardware and performance.

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            Anonymous, 09 Aug 2022realme has a cleaner and faster ui vs bloated xiaomi ui...Why they don’t use pure android ? 🤔

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              • Anonymous
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              • 09 Aug 2022

              realme has a cleaner and faster ui vs bloated xiaomi ui...

                Not suprised, most Xiaomi phones this year is bad.

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                  Grey Wolf, 09 Aug 2022Ha, no iPhone in sight. I am beginning to like Indian people.Because Indian people like freedom more than bondage in the name of so called security 😏. I hope you understand what I want to say 😒

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 09 Aug 2022

                    So BBK is taking up 50 percent of the market



                    .. How is Xiaomi winning?

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                      • Lkg
                      • 09 Aug 2022

                      The Flip, 09 Aug 2022After watching Angie Zampona's video about how to be h... moreHumans have been around for more than 50.000 years.
                      4.000 years is just the history of Greece and Roman Empire.
                      India and China are way older. Also civilizations in Mid East (in Iraq and Iran).

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                        • Anonymous
                        • vxC
                        • 09 Aug 2022

                        Why people would choose paper performance over better software and support, idk. We lost a lot of good companies just for the race to the bottom.

                          After watching Angie Zampona's video about how to be hopeful for an apocalypse, maybe we are better off without so much technology? I didn't know Angie left GSMarena over a month ago but she hadn't been on in a while. Her videos are very thought-provoking.

                          We only have one planet we know we can live in. Unfortunately, most global problems are created by us. Hedonism is destroying our planet. Our species only got 4000 years. We're a flash in a span compared to dinosaurs. Why not make this planet a better place for our species to survive? Reduce e-waste.

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                            • 09 Aug 2022

                            Anonymous, 09 Aug 2022source?Comic book

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                              aknsreddy, 09 Aug 2022India banning Chinese phones below 150$. That's a good... morenobody can touch infinix and realme at that price and so called local brands are selling outdated g 25 g 35 products

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                                aknsreddy, 09 Aug 2022India banning Chinese phones below 150$. That's a good... moresource?

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                                  Anonymous, 09 Aug 2022Need to ban them all, this action is not enoughYep, North Korea is the perfect example of how closing off foreign competition completely helps nurture a healthy domestic industry.

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                                    aknsreddy, 09 Aug 2022India banning Chinese phones below 150$. That's a good... moreNeed to ban them all, this action is not enough

                                      India banning Chinese phones below 150$. That's a good news for local manufacturers. Chinese scammers free ride stops now..

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                                        • 09 Aug 2022

                                        Ha, no iPhone in sight. I am beginning to like Indian people.