Counterpoint: Samsung loses top spot in India, vivo leads the market in 2024

31 January 2025
In terms of market value share, Apple remains at the top.

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Pumpino, 6 hours agoOne area of weakness, as noted in the X200 review, is selfi... moreI can confirm my X200 Pro's selfie is worse than my $172 Galaxy's 8MP shooter. It is true hot garbage. They'll get to it eventually - simple price gouging till then. For what it's worth, Vivo's (and Oppo's) upper midrangers always have good selfie cams. They are not value phones at all though. Vivo is very much a pricier brand than the others, including Samsung, for actual midrange but their cameras also, are better. Flagships, and budget phones is a different case. They have a few good budget phones, plus their iQOO lineup, while their flagships are priced very well. Oneplus and Realme do not offer good selfies in any of their phones.

Most other Chinese flagships this time around, are having similar garbage selfies - Oneplus, Oppo, Realme. Only Honor is good in this regard. Vivo has better overall back cameras than all others (and I literally mean every company in the world currently). It does not beat them in any other meaningful way. Xiaomi though isn't even competing, their battery life for flagships (big ones) is below-par, but maybe that will change with the 15 Ultra. It also helps that the X100 Ultra had a great selfie camera + great back cameras so that one was kind of an all rounder. The X200 Ultra similarly should have good selfies.

Funtouch is decent, looks pretty dated but everything works and it's fast. Haven't tried OriginOS but it looks more iOS-styled which I am personally not a fan of.

    Pumpino, 6 hours agoOriginOS is only in the Chinese model? The global OS isn�... more"We don't all want 6.7"+ phones."

    Me neither, that's why I'm rocking the 7" vivo. 😅

    "OriginOS is only in the Chinese model? The global OS isn't as good?"

    Yes, that one is the China only software, nothing wrong with that. The global is, FunTouch OS is great but it's more like stock android and isn't as feature rich as Origin OS is.

      DarlingYext, 16 hours agoA combination of hardware, design, and software, especially... moreOne area of weakness, as noted in the X200 review, is selfies. This if often an area of weakness in Chinese phones made by Vivo and Xiaomi.

        DarlingYext, 16 hours agoA combination of hardware, design, and software, especially... moreOriginOS is only in the Chinese model? The global OS isn't as good?

        It's a shame that all of Vivo's midrangers are huge. We don't all want 6.7"+ phones.

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          George , 12 hours agoThats actually good.Maybe they wake up and do their pricing... moreSamsumg needs to focus on and improve exynos as well. I say this because snapdragon is very expensive and we won't buy a 32k inr worth phone with sd6gen3.

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            Thats actually good.Maybe they wake up and do their pricing right or start improving everything.You cannot sell same hardware for 4 years and expect great results.Even Apple changes more every year than Samsung which is bonkers

              Justice has been served !

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                What a surprise ! Who would have thought that Samsung selling expensive phones with zero innovation year after year would become less attractive again cheaper chinese phones with many innovative features every year...

                  Ouifuf, 16 hours agoCrazy how close they all are. Hopefully we'll have som... moreWhen apple's stranglehold on high-end market starts falling apart.

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                    BandedKing, 18 hours agoIphone 15 was the best selling smartphone in India??Best seller in iPhone.

                      Pumpino, 17 hours agoWhat makes Vivo appealing to so many people (a genuine ques... moreA combination of hardware, design, and software, especially if said software isn't the global one, but rather Origin OS.

                      It's better than all three you've mentioned when it comes to cameras. Plus it's just all-around better than Realme, but it's a more expensive a brand.

                        rizki1, 18 hours agowhy? 700K AnTuTu at this price is fine... if you want faste... moreBecause it's unbalanced and Antutu won't show you that, good single core, good gpu bad multicore,

                          Crazy how close they all are. Hopefully we'll have something similar in the west one day

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                            DarlingYext, 17 hours agoWhich vivo costs $50-$100? Oh and where is Samsung with the... moreVivo Y03t costs 70$, way cheaper than Galaxy A06.

                            Many Indian love cheaper chinese phone, while the flagship market still dominated by Apple and Samsung, thats why Apple Samsung are still two highest market value in India, despite selling fewer units.

                              What makes Vivo appealing to so many people (a genuine question)? Is it mainly the hardware? How are its phones better than OnePlus, Realme, Oppo and Xiaomi?

                                Anonymous, 18 hours agoI see nothing wrong with this graphic.. Many former feat... moreWhich vivo costs $50-$100? Oh and where is Samsung with their A06 and such devices? People prefer anything but low, or high-end Samsung phones. Lmao

                                  Anonymous, 18 hours agoIil bro didnt know that most Indian bought 50$-100$ chinese... moreSub-120 dollar segment actually shrunk

                                    Iphone 15 was the best selling smartphone in India??

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                                      talha5007, 18 hours agoafter S10 series, samsung went downhill in terms of feature... moreYeah sure..because ProScaler, ProVisual Engine, Personal Data Engine, Satellite calling, Galaxy AI 2.0, Desktop mode, 7 OS upgrades are all totally list of removed features on S25 Ultra.

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                                        Goated Sigma, 20 hours agoY'know, there's a guy that usually disses Chinese... moreIil bro didnt know that most Indian bought 50$-100$ chinese phone💀

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