Canalys: Xiaomi lost to Samsung in India in Q4, still on top in full 2022

19 January 2023
Overall market declined 6%, which is the first-ever Q4 decline in India.

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SShreyas, 28 Jan 2023It doesn't matter. Europeans already pay ridiculously ... moreAll components of smartphones are made globally. Like Image sensors are made in Japan, Korea etc; displays are made in China, Korea, Japan etc. Similarly sensors and other sensors and lenses, and many other components are made in different countries. So, technically India manufactures the smartphones.

    TheLastOracle, 27 Jan 2023Only for the few brands not manufactured in India. Also, co... moreIt doesn't matter. Europeans already pay ridiculously high amount for the same smartphone that we get for much cheaper here. Small increase won't have much impact over there
    As for impact of depreciation of rupee, it impacts every brand, even cheap ones like Redmi, Realme and Poco. Afterall, smartphones are assembled in India, not manufactured. The components are still imported from the East.

      SShreyas, 27 Jan 2023I think he meant USD/INR ratio (value of INR) which is at a... moreOnly for the few brands not manufactured in India. Also, compared to many other currencies, the rupee has gone down less, vis a vis the dollar.

        TheLastOracle, 22 Jan 2023Where did you get this figures from? India has one of the l... moreI think he meant USD/INR ratio (value of INR) which is at all time high. And in a price sensitive market, that matters the most

          Anonymous, 21 Jan 2023Samsung no different than chinese smartphones Samsung also... moreI don't like samsung fyi, I've sold the A52s i bought because of the bloatware. What they have that chinese oem's do not is the long software support and after sales service. They provide the longest software support for android, comparable to Apple, which provides minimum of 5 years.

            Furkan, 22 Jan 2023lol Xiaomi was created 12 years ago, it's not much, th... moreIts 2023 already, you can still hear complaints about their software and ads.

              SD870, 21 Jan 2023Inflation all time high in India, no wonder smartphone are ... moreWhere did you get this figures from? India has one of the lowest inflation post the pandemic.

                Furkan, 22 Jan 2023Huawei is good at making software because they were created... moreHuawei is DOA now. Since losing gms.

                  Furkan, 22 Jan 2023no wrong Miui is much better 13 is bad but 14 is much betterLol no

                    Onanymaus, 21 Jan 2023Their phones keep rising in prices while keep downgrading i... moreYeah and this one too. Forgot to mention it, thanks, bud.

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                      Unb1453d, 21 Jan 2023While realme ui is kinda better than memeui, their software... moreno wrong
                      Miui is much better
                      13 is bad but 14 is much better

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                        Unb1453d, 21 Jan 2023While realme ui is kinda better than memeui, their software... moreHuawei is good at making software because they were created 35 years ago lol

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                          Anonymous, 21 Jan 2023Samsung no different than chinese smartphones Samsung also... moreSamsung was established 84 years ago, they have a lot of experience

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                            bulbulito.bayagbag, 20 Jan 2023True, the chinese need to work on longer software support, ... morelol Xiaomi was created 12 years ago, it's not much, they will probably become very good with software

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                              Yukvgffh, 19 Jan 2023Xiaomi thinks only low prices and specs matter and forgot s... morei will travel to Beijing and visit xiaomi :)

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                                • 21 Jan 2023

                                Finally Indians are making better choices! Way to go samsung!!

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                                  • 21 Jan 2023

                                  Inflation all time high in India, no wonder smartphone are least priority nowadays!!!!!

                                    Unb1453d, 21 Jan 2023While realme ui is kinda better than memeui, their software... moreTheir phones keep rising in prices while keep downgrading in specs might be another reason why Realme sales dropping.

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                                      bulbulito.bayagbag, 20 Jan 2023That's why they are cheap. They are disposable product... moreSamsung no different than chinese smartphones
                                      Samsung also releases 100-200 phones in a year with different name same specs

                                      Advantage is they use their own chipset that has advantage in providing software update

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                                        What is surprising is the 4th quarter in india encompasses the festival season and people buy a lot in this quarter compared to other quarters and yet sales fell a lot in the fourth quarter compared to other quarters.