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  • Xiaomi remains on top of Indian smartphone market, Samsung at number two

    India is included in the world’s largest smartphone markets and in a recent study it has been told that which brand of Indian users like to buy smartphones. Chinese brands are at the top positions and Xiaomi has the largest market share among them. In the third quarter of this year too, Xiaomi sold the most number of smartphones and about 12 million smartphones were sold between August and October. The data related to the smartphone market has been shared by Canalys.

    Xiaomi’s market share has been 26.1 percent in the July-October quarter, which is 1.1 percent higher than the previous year. Apart from this, the second position remains the South Korean smartphone company Samsung, which sold about 10 million devices during this period and captured 20.4 percent market share. However, the company’s market share has decreased by -0.2 percent over the previous year.

    Vivo has also joined the top-3 smartphone brands, and in the third quarter this year, the company captured 17.6 percent market share with sales of about 88 lakh devices. Apart from this, Reality was at the fourth position, whose market share has increased to 17.4 percent as compared to 15.3 percent of the previous year. The company’s growth was around 23 percent, which is the highest among the brands in the market.

  • 4 smartphones of iPhone 12 series will be launched

    Apple may end the suspense tonight with its new iPhone. It is believed that the company will launch the iPhone 12 series at the ‘Hi, Speed’ event to be held today. This event will start at 10:30 PM according to Indian time. It is believed that the new iPhones will come with 5G connectivity. Let us know that Apple has already launched Apple Watch 6 Series, Apple iPad 8th Generation, Apple Fitness Plus Service and Apple One Service at the event on September 15.

    Many things like self-driving cars, virtual reality, smart city technology, robots are associated with 5G speed. In such a situation, the new iPhone becomes special in many ways. With the 5G handset, Apple will join the list of companies like Google, Motorola, Samsung, Huawei. All these companies have already launched their 5G smartphones.

    According to analyst Ben Stanton of research firm Canalys, only 13% of smartphones with 5G capacity sold in the first half of 2020. At the same time, only 6% of customers will buy the next smartphone with 5G connectivity. According to a report, Apple is not late in making 5G smartphones, as there is no demand for 5G phones on a large scale.