Premium smartphones post the highest growth to corner 9 percent market share in the second quarter
The Indian smartphone market, meanwhile, continued with its YoY (year over year) slide.
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Three years after it raced ahead of Samsung in the first quarter of 2020, Vivo has pipped the South Korean giant for the second time in India. With a 16 percent market share in the second quarter this year, the Chinese player had a slender edge over Samsung, which was close on the heels with a 15.7 percent share, according to the latest data by IDC India. Interestingly, two more research bodies—Canalys and Counterpoint—have Samsung in the lead for the third consecutive quarter, with a close fight from the Chinese rival (see box).