Vivo doubled its shipments to take a record 15 percent share of the Indian smartphone market in Q1, according to data from Canalys. The vendor placed third, taking 15.0 percent of the market, up from 7.3 percent a year ago. Despite Vivo’s performance, the Indian smartphone market was flat, growing by under 2 percent to 30.1 million units. Xiaomi held onto its lead but grew just 4 percent to 31 percent, its slowest rate since it entered the market.
Samsung came second for a sixth consecutive quarter with a market share of 24.4 percent, a decrease from 25.3 percent.
Oppo was fourth in the classification with a market share of 9.3 percent, down 0.1 percent from 2018.
Realme, an Oppo spin-off, came fifth with a 4.2 percent market share with a surprise appearance on the leaderboard this quarter. Having only been in operation since Q2 2018, the vendor steadily grown shipments, reaching 1.3 million units in Q1.
