Xiaomi replaces Samsung as overall market leader in Q4: IDC

Our Bureau: New Delhi: Chinese phonemaker Xiaomi has become India’s number one handset brand for the first time, including smartphones and featurephones, replacing Korea’s Samsung which had been holding the position for several years, as per October-December data of IDC.

For the fourth quarter, Xiaomi topped the market with a 16% share, trailed by Samsung and Reliance Retail, which sells the JioPhone, IDC said. It didn’t give the figures for the No. 2 and 3 players.

Xiaomi India head and global vice president Manu Jain told ET that Xiaomi smartphones will be enough to surpass Samsung and Reliance Retail’s feature phones and smartphones put together.