India pips US to become second-largest smartphone market after China in 2019

New Delhi: India shipped 152.5 million smartphones in 2019, up 8% year-on-year (YoY), overtaking the US to became the second largest smartphone market after China, according to International Data Corporation’s quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, published on Friday.

Vivo’s continued focus on offline market and price cuts on several models helped it surpass Samsung to become the second largest smartphone vendor in India in 2019. Vivo was the fastest growing vendor in 2019, growing 96.5% on year.

Total mobile phone shipment, which includes both smartphones and feature phones, was at 282.9 million units in 2019, down 12.3% on year due to the roll out of fewer 4G-ready feature phones.