Indian Smartphone Market Sees 18% Growth In 2013

Smartphone adoption is at its peak in India and according to the latest report released by the research firm IDC 44 million smartphone units were shipped in India.

The number is upped from 16.2 million units in 2012. And if you look at the overall growth, it was calculated at around 257 million units for the year 2013 as against 218 million units in 2012, which is an increase of 18 percent.

Another remarkable progress is the switch from feature to the smartphones owing to the low priced smart devices now available in the market. The Indian smartphone market increased by a staggering 181 percent in the last quarter of the year 2013. Phablets were a hit especially during the last quarter, grabbing 20 percent of the overall shipments.

Samsung emerged as the leader with 38 per cent market share in Q4 2013 while smartphones sales by domestic manufacturers like the LAVA and Intex also increased.

Micromax was just 2 percent behind Samsung in Q3 2013 but Samsung widened the gap by grabbing 38 percent shares while Micromax stood at 16 percent. Then comes Karbonn claiming 10 percent of the market shares followed by the global brand, Sony, which received 5 percent. Then, there is Lava with 4.7 percent.