Smartphone shipments in India fell 48% in Q2; Apple least impacted: Canalys

New Delhi: Smartphone shipments in India fell a massive 48% in April-June quarter to 17.3 million units due to nationwide shutdown until mid-May, Canalys said. This is the first set of data for the Covid-hit April-June period for smartphones.

Smartphone vendors faced a diabolical situation, dealing with both low supply due to a complete halt in production and diminished demand, as online and offline retailers were prohibited from selling smartphones, the market agency said.

As local production suffered through the early stages of Q2, vendors like Xiaomi and Oppo imported smartphones to meet pent-up demand.