Samsung and Xiaomi to battle it out for top spot

KOLKATA: The war for smartphone market leadership is going to peak in the next two quarters, with Samsung, desperate to regain the top slot, locking horns with Xiaomi in one of the biggest fights in the Indian marketplace.

The country’s second-largest smartphone maker Samsung is going to launch one-two handset models every month under the A series which will straddle across the sub-Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000 price point till June, even as it will expand the online exclusive M series portfolio which was launched in India first in February. The Korean firm has three handset models under the M series and relaunched the A series earlier this month in a move to refresh its portfolio.