Samsung regains top spot in overall handset space, narrows gap with Xiaomi in smartphones: IDC

NEW DELHI: Korean phonemaker Samsung has regained its top spot in the overall Indian handset market in the April-June period, surpassing China’s Xiaomi after two quarters, research firm International Data Corporation said.

In the feature phone plus smartphone market Samsung (24% share) is now trailed by Xiaomi and Vivo which only sell smartphones. Though trailing behind Xiaomi in the smartphone market, Samasung has narrowed the gap, by capturing 26.3% of the smartphone market in the June-ended quarter as against 15.6% in the previous quarter. Its Galaxy M21 smartphone was among the nation’s top 5 shipped models in 2Q20.